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EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS 


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With   an   Introduction   and   Notes 

BY 

SAMUEL    A.   GREEN. 


CAMBRIDGE: 

JOHN     WILSON    AND    SON. 

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1895. 


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BY    WHOSK    ACCURATE    ASl)    CRITICAL    KNOWLEDGE    OF    THE    TYPOGRAPHIC    ART 
I    HAVE    BEEN    MUCH    HELPED    OS    MANY'    OCCASIONS, 

THIS     LIST     OF     EARLY     AMERICAN     IMPRINTS     IS     INSCRIBED     AS     A 
JIARK     OF     RESPECT     AND     ESTEEM. 


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EARLY  AMERICAN   IMPRINTS. 


During  a  long  period  American  books  with  early  imprints 
have  attracted  much  attention  among  bibliographers ;  and  from 
time  to  time  lists  of  such  works,  more  or  less  complete,  have 
been  published.  The  most  nearly  full  of  these  lists  is  the  one 
issued  under  the  editorship  of  our  late  associate,  Dr.  Samuel  F. 
Haven,  and  brought  down  to  the  beginning  of  tlie  Revolution, 
—  which  appears  in  the  second  volume  of  Thomas's  History  of 
Printing  (pp.  309-666),  published  by  the  American  Antiqua- 
rian Society.  In  the  year  1639  the  first  printing-press  in  the 
English  colonies  was  set  up  at  Cambridge,  and  for  more  than 
a  generation  was  the  sole  representative  here  of  "  the  Art 
preservative  of  all  arts." 

Under  a  license  of  the  General  Court,  the  pioneer  press  of 
Boston  was  established  in  1675,  by  John  Foster,  a  graduate  of 
Harvard  College  in  the  Class  of  1667.  While  yet  a  young 
man,  with  the  encouragement  of  Dr.  Increase  Mather,  he 
began  as  a  printer,  though  he  was  not  bred  to  the  business, 
nor  specially  acquainted  with  the  art.  In  a  paper  before  the 
Historical  Society,  at  the  November  meeting,  1888,  I  gave  my 
reasons  for  supposing  Foster  to  have  been  the  earliest  engraver 
in  New  England  ;  and  perhaps  the  natural  connection  between 
the  arts  of  printing  and  engraving,  strengthened  by  his  own 
tastes,  prompted  him  to  take  up  the  calling.  (See  Proceed- 
ings, second  series,  IV.  199-206.)  He  died  in  Dorchester,  on 
September  9,  1681,  at  the  early  age  of  tiiirty-three,  having  fol- 
lowed the  business  for  six  years.  About  thirty-five  of  his 
imprints  are  known  to  be  extant,  and  of  this  number  the 
Massachusetts  Historical  Library  owns  more  than  two  thirds. 

Sometimes  these  early  publications,  either  on   the  titlepage, 
in  the  colophon,  or  elsewliere,  give  certain  facts,  such  as  sites 

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b  KAKI.V    AMKKICAN    IMI'KINIS. 

of  shops  or  other  l)uililint,'s,  ailvertisements  of  new  books,  &c., 
and  thus  iiieiilentally  coiittiiu  items  of  historical  interest  and 
vahie,  which  were  not  at  all  in  the  minds  of  the  writers. 
Side-hghts  of  this  character  oftentimes  clear  up  obscurities  as 
fully  as  the  direct  rays  of  sunshine.  Apart  from  their  value 
to  the  scholar,  these  early  imprints  are  much  sought  after  by 
book-collectors,  and  they  fetch  high  jtrices  in  the  market.  At 
the  sale  of  the  late  George  Livcnn()ii''s  library  in  this  city, 
by  auction,  last  November,  a  small  pamphlet  by  .lohn  Fisk, 
tlie  first  minister  of  Chelmsford,  was  bought  by  the  Lenox 
Library,  New  York,  for  a  humlred  and  six  dollars.  The  title 
runs  as  follows  :  — 

The  I  Wateriug  of  |  tlie  |  Olive  Plant  |  in  Christs  Garden.  |  Or  |  a 
Short  Catechism  |  for  the  first  Entrance  of  our  |  Clit'linesford  Cliildrcn  : 
I  Knlar^ed  l)y  |  a  three-fold  A|)|iL'ndix  |  —  |  By  .lolin  Fisk  I'ustour 
of  the  I  Cliurcli  of  Christ  at  Chelmesford  |  in  New  England.  |  —  |  [Two 
lines  from  Psalms  cxxviii.  .'5;  four  lines  from  Psalms  xcii.  K5,  14.]  || 
Printed  by  Samuel  Green  at  Cambridg  |  iu  New-England.     1657. 

The  pamphlet  was  printed  w  ithiii  two  years  after  the  incor- 
poration of  the  town,  and  was  brought  forth  amid  many  ditti- 
culties  and  discouragements.  The  price  given  was  probably 
equal  to  one  half  of  the  minister's  annual  salary,  and  the  com- 
mercial value  lay  maiidy  in  the  fact  that  it  is  an  caily  Cam- 
bridge imprint.  The  tract  is  very  rare;  and  tlic  copy, 
mentioned  above,   may   be   unique. 

In  this  paper  I  puipose  to  give  a  list  of  all  books,  pamphlets, 
and  broadsides,  belonging  to  the  Historical  Society,  which 
were  printed  in  the  colonies  <itlii  i  before  or  during  the  year 
1700,^ — ^  with  a  careful  collation  of  tlie  same.  In  the  list  are 
ten  or  twelve  titles  of  imperfect  copies,  which  have  hitherto 
escaped  identification  of  aulliorship,  but  in  most  of  these  cases 
a  full  description  has  been  made  from  copies  in  other  lilu-aries. 
The  three  earliest  titles,  here  given,  were  printed  without 
doubt  by  Stephen  Daye,  as  he  was  at  that  jieriod  the  only 
printer,  if  we  except  his  son  .Matthew  Dave,  whose  name 
appears  in  the  inq)rint  of  a  solilar\  almanac,  which  was  j)ub- 
li.shed  in  the  year  1047. 

Am  inleresling  A-aturc;  of  sitvcral  of  these  publications  is  thai 
for  some  years  they  aj»|iear  t(t  (ix  the  dale  of  Commencement 
at    Harvard  ('ollege  during  the  eailv  histors  of  that  inst  it  iit  ion. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  ?. 

Cotton  Mather,  in  his  Ma^nalia,  says  in  general  terms  that  the 
day  "  was  formerly  the  Second  Tuesday  in  August,  but  since, 
the  F'irst  Wednesday  in  July  "  (Book  IV.  128).  On  the  strength 
of  this  statement  it  has  been  supposed  that  Commencement, 
during  the  years  1643,  1647,  and  1649,  fell  on  August  8, 
August  10,  and  August  14,  respectively,  and  a  list  of  such 
days  has  been  so  recorded  in  "  The  New-England  Historical 
and  Genealogical  Register"  (XXXIII.  423)  for  October,  1879; 
and  all  these  were  Tuesdays.  According  to  the  imprints  now 
under  consideration,  these  days  fell,  severally,  in  October  and 
on  July  27  and  July  31,  wiiich  last  two  dates  came  also  on 
a  Tuesday. 

Perhaps  it  will  be  of  service  to  some  future  annalist  to  call 
attention  here  to  the  correct  dates  of  two  early  Commence- 
ments, which  differ  somewhat  from  those  found  in  modern 
accounts.  Mr.  Sibley,  in  his  Harvard  Graduates  (I.  15),  says 
that  the  first  Commencement  of  the  College  came  probably  in 
October,  1642  ;  but  a  careful  reading  of  the  letter  printed  on 
the  next  two  pages  of  that  work,  shows  that  it  took  place 
shortly  before  September  26,  though  the  exact  day  is  uncertain. 
Mr.  Sibley,  doubtless,  supposed  October  to  be  the  date,  as  it 
occurred  in  that  month  during  the  next  year.  Judge  Sewall, 
in  his  Diary  (I.  15),  records  that  the  Commencement  in  1676 
came  on  Friday,  July  28,  which  differs  by  eleven  days  from 
the  date  given  in  the  Register,  as  quoted  above. 

Prince's  Catalogue,  mentioned  in  this  paper,  was  made  by 
that  well-known  antiquary,  the  Reverend  Thomas  Prince 
{h.  1687,  (/.  1758J,  author  of  •'  A  Chronological  History  of  New 
England  in  the  Form  of  Annals."  It  is  in  manuscript,  and 
belongs  to  the  library  of  the  Historical  Society.  The  Cata- 
logue consists  of  two  parts,  "  New-English  Books  &  Tracts 
collected  b}-  Thomas  Prince  of  Boston  N  E"'  and  "New-Eng- 
lish Pamphlets  .  belonging  to  Thomas  Prince  of  Boston  "  ;  and 
they  are  both  bound  up  in  the  same  volume. 

In  some  instances  the  Library  has  more  than  one  copy  of 
these  early  imprints,  and  in  such  cases  I  have  indicated  the 
numljer  of  copies,  within  brackets,  at  the  end  of  the  title. 
Many  of  these  works  are  not  found  in  Dr.  Haven's  list  of 
ante-Revolutionary  publications. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS. 


1643. 

lUvstri.Hsimis  Pietute,  ot  Vora  |  Ui'ligitnu',  Virtvto,  et  Prvilciitia  llouoratissi- 
uiis  Viris,  D.  loltaniii  |  Winthropu,  cactfiisque  unitaruin  \t>v-Angliao 
Colouiarmn  Gubernatoribus,  &  Magistratibiis  Diguissiinis;  |  Vua  cum 
pientissimis,  vigilautissiinis<iiieEcclesianiin  I'resbytoris :  |  Nee  non  oiii- 
nibtis  uostrae  Ut-ip.  liteiariae,  tain  iu  Vcteri  qiiain  in  N<»v-Auglia, 
Fautoribiis  |  bfiiignissimis  :  |  Has  Theses  Philnlogicas  &  Philositpliioas, 
quas  a-vvOtut,  Praeside  Heiirieo  Duustero  palaiii  iu  |  CoUegio  Ilarvai- 
diui)  pro  virili  pr<i|Higuaie  couabuutur  (Imutnis,  observantiao  et  |  giati- 
tudiuis  ergo)  I).  I).  I),  iu  artibus  libt'ialibus  initiaudi  |  Adnlesceutes.  | 
lulianui's  luuesius.  Samuel  Dautortlius. 

Samuel  Malberus.  lobannes  Alliuus. 

[Imprint  at  fuot  of  the  page]  Cantabrigiae  Nov.   Aiitr-   Meus.  8.  1643. 
Broadside  [ju-inted  by  Stephen  Daye].     Folio. 

Printed  iu  two  columns,  in  Latin,  with  "Theses  Philidogic :  "  at  the 
beginning  of  the  tirst,  and  the  sululivisions  '•  Grammatic,''  in  ten  subjects, 
"  Hhetoric :  "  in  four,  and  "Logic:"  in  thirteen;  ''Theses  Philosophic:" 
at  the  head  of  the  second  c<dumn,  and  the  subdivisions  "  PLthic  :  "  in  twelve 
8ul)jects,  "  Physic :  "  iu  eleven,  and '' Metapliysic  :  "  in  five;  single  border 
line  around  the  broadside. 

See  Proceedings  (IV.  439-446)  for  March,  LSGO;  and  also 
Sibley*.s    Harvard    (Jraduatus    (I.   74-70). 


1645. 

A  I  Declaration  of  Former  |  Passages  and  Proceedings  betwixt   the  Kuglish 

I  and  the  Narrowgaiisets,  with  their  confederates,  Wherin  |  the  irronuds 

and  iiistice  of  the  ensuing  warre  are  opened  |  and  cleared.  |  Published, 

iiy  order  of  the  CommisBiunera  for  the  united  Colonies:  |  At  lJt)8tou  the 

11  of  the  sixth  month  |  1<j4.'>.      No  titlepage.      12mo.     pp.  7. 

The  Declaration  is  signed  ".In  :  Winlhrop  President,  hi  the  name  <if  all 
the  I  C<»mmi8.sioncr«  "  ;  last  page  Id.uik. 

Suli.staiitially  iIk*  .saiiic  accniint  i.s  oivcii  in  the  sec<»nd  vohiine 
(pp.  45-.0O)  of  Hazard's  "  Historiciil  ('(ilUiftions  ;  consistino  of 
State  Papers"  (Philadelphia,  1704),  and  perhaps  ttiken  from  a 
copy  in  l\u'  Secn-tary  (if  Stiilc's  ( )nice,  linston,  which  was  after- 
ward printed  in  the  ninth  vuliiinc  (p|i.  .'in-.'»(»)  of  the  "  Kfcnids  nf 
the  Colony  of  New  I'lynmuili  "  (P.nstdii,  is.'i')),  which  cnnsijtntcs 
the  "  Aets  of  the  ('(tniinissidncrs  (»f  the  I'nitcd  ('iihniics  (if  New 
England"  (Vol.  I.);  though  there  ate  many  variations  in  mimir 
detailH,  particnlarly  in  the  spelling  (»f  wdtds.      Ila/aitl's  vcrsidii, 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMl'RINTS. 


ill  regard  to  the  date,  is  wrong,  as  he  gives  it  August  19.  On 
the  first  page  of  the  paper  cover,  in  Governor  Winthrop's  hand- 
writing, appears  the  heading,  "  relation  about  Narogansets  & 
Miantinomo  and  the  discovery  of  their  plott  ag=  the  P^nglish." 


1647. 

[Harvard  College  Theses,  printed  by  Stephen  Daye,  with  the  iinpi-int  at  foot 
of  the  page]  Cantabrigiae  Nov:  Ang :  6.  Calend.  Sextilis.  1647. 
Broadside.     Folio. 

The  upper  half  of  the  sheet  wanting ;  and  in  the  first  column  there  are 
left  "  Rhetoricae,"  in  seven  subjects,  and  "  Logicae,"  in  eighteen;  in  the 
second  c(dumu  there  remain  parts  11  to  15  of  [Ethicae],  "  Physicae,"  in  six- 
teen subjects,  and  "  Metaph  :  "  in  six;  surrounded  by  two  border  lines. 


1649. 

Oratio  |  Quam  Comitijs  Cantabrigiensibus  Amcricanis  |  Peroravit  reveren- 
dissimus  D.  |  D.  Samuel  Whiting  j  Pastor  Linnensis  ;  in  aula  scilicet 
Harvardina,  |  Pridie  Calendas  Sextiles,  |  Anno,  M. DC. XL. IX.  |  No 
titlepage.     IGmo.     pp.  16.    • 

Pages  1-16,  text;  three  lines  of  Hebrew  characters  at  the  end  of  page  16. 


1652. 

The  Summe  of  Certain  Sermons  upon  Genes:  15.6.  Wherein  Not  only  the 
Doctrine  of  Justiticatiou  by  Faith  is  Asserted  and  Cleared,  And  sundry 
Arguments  for  Justification  before  Faith,  discussed  and  Answered,  But 
Also  The  nature  and  meanes  of  Faith,  with  the  Imputation  of  our  Sins 
to  Christ,  and  of  Christs  Kigliteousness  to  us  are  briefly  Explained  and 
Confirmed.  Printed  at  Cambridije  by  Samuel  Green,  1652.  12mo. 
pp.  (12),  47. 

Titlepage  wanting;  9  pp.  "The  |  Authors  Preface  to  the  Reader,"  signed 
"  R.  M."  [Ricliard  Mather],  headpiece  of  one  line  of  acorn-shaped  border 
pieces,  a  line  of  fine  pieces,  and  a  line  of  larger  inverted  pieces ;  1  p.  "  To 
I  the  Christian  Reader,"  signed,  "J.  Cotton,"  and  '■'  J.  Wilson,"  and  dated 
at  "Boston  24.5.  |  1652.";  1-45,  text,  headpiece  of  three  lines  of  border 
pieces,  the  lower  one  inverted,  has  a  large  ornamented  initial  letter  and  run- 
ning headlines ;  45-46,  *'  The  Table,"'  in  two  ccdumns,  ending  with  the 
word   "Righteousness";    last  leaf  wanting. 

See  the  Brinley  Catalogue  (I.  128),  under  Richard  Mather, 
where  the  original  of  this  title  appears ;  and  also  Sabin's  Dic- 
tionarv  (XI.  485,  486),  number  46,783. 


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EAKLY    A.MKHICAN    IMPRINTS. 


/iff  ami  Death  ui  tliut  distrvcilly  Faumus  Mr.  Julm  C'utttui,  the  hite 
ReVpq-nJ  Tesu'hor  of  the  Church  of  Christ  at  Bostmi  in  Now  Eiiiihiml. 
CoUecteiKi^ut  of  the  Writings  and  Information  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  John 
l)aven|M>rt  i>f  New-haven,  the  Kev.  Mr.  Sanmel  Wliitintr,  at  Lynne, 
the  pious  Widow  of  tlie  Deceased,  and  utliers:  and  eonipih-d  by  his  un- 
wiirthy  Successor,  Ji>lm^Nortou.  Canibridgo  :  Printed  by  S.  Green. 
1657.      12ino.     jip.  1\-^jI. 

Tith'page  wanting;  3-51,  "  TheJ4*]'"  '"'*!  Deatli  |  of  |  Mr.  John  Cot- 
ton. I  the  hite  lieverentl  Teacl)er  of  the  ChuMi|  of  Clirist,  at  linstim  in  Nevv- 
Enthmd."  dated  at  "  Boston,  Xovenib.  6.  |  ICaS^rnnning  lieadlines  "The 
Life  of  M'  John  Cotton,"  has  a  hirge  ornanieiitaN4iead|»iece;  3  pp.  "A 
Catalogue  of  some  liooks  printed  for  |  Lodo.  Lhiyd,  aint  are  to  Vie  sohl  at 
I  his  Shop  next  to  the  Casth'-'I'avern  in  !  Cornhill";  hist  hafsvj^mting. 

See  Sabin's  Dictinuary  (XIII.  4"_'li),  nuuiliLT  55,885,  T«mn 
which  this  title  is  copied.    ^\  ^vvov  nov  it>vOK»vtpl)tt«v*U>.i(>v<<,^., 

1659. 

Tlie  I  Heart  of  N-Kntiiand  |  rent  at  the  |  lihispheniies  j  of  th«' present  |  Gen- 
eration. I  Or  I  a  brief  Tractate  concerning  the  Doctrine  of  |  the  Quakers, 
Demonstrating  tlie  destructive  nature  |  thereof,  to  Heliiiion,  the  Churches, 
and  tlie  .State,  |  witli  coiisiiieration  of  tlie  Remedy  against  it  |  Occasional 
Sati.sfiU'tion  to  Objecrtions,  and  Confir-  |  niation  of  contrary  Truetl). 
I  —  I  Hy  John  Norton,  Teacher  of  tlie  |  Church  of  Clirist  at  Boston.  | 
Who  was  apj)oinled  thereunto  by  the  Order  of  the  |  (ieneral  Court.  |  —  | 
[Four  lines  from  Rev.  ii.  *J.]  |  —  ||  Printed  by  Samuel  Green,  at  Cani- 
bridg  I  in  New-Kngland.      KJ-OK.      r.'mo.      pp.  (_'),  i>l. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  border  line  an<l  a  lin<'of  fine  border  jtieces, 
rrrso  blank;  1-57,  text,  willi  various  headlines,  has  an  ornamental  headpiece 
of  four  lines  of  bonier  pieces,  with  a  line  <d'  pieces  up  and  down  at  i  acli  end  ; 
la.st  paragraph  and  two  lines  of  tnata  in  smaller  type. 


I  6OO. 

The  I  Book  of  the  f  Jeneral  |  Lavves  and  Libertyes  |  concerning  the  Inhal»- 
itantHof  the  |  .MasHachiisets,  collected  otit  of  ihc  Beconls  of  |  the  (Jeneral 
(!ovrt,  for  the  wveral  yejirs  |  wherin  they  were  made  and  |  established.  | 
And  I  Now  RevitM-d  by  th«*  fame  Court,  and  ilisposed  into  an  |  Alpha- 
Ix'tical  order,  and  published  by  the  name  |  Authority  in  the  General 
(!i»urt  ludden  |  at  BoHton,  in  May  |  1(M!».  |  |  [Two  lijies  from  Rom. 
xiii.  2.]  I  —  I  |D7  fine  border  pieces  arranged  in  the  shape  of  a  dia- 
mond] | —  II  CHMibrid|{e,  I  Printed  according  to  ()rd<i  of  the  (Jenentl 
Covrt.  I   IfiflO.       »lo.       pp    MM,   (K).       ['Iwo  copicN.  I 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  11 

TitJejJage  wanting;  1  p.  "To  our  beloved  Brethren  and  Neighbours  | 
the  Inhabitants  of  the  Massachusets,  the  Governour,  Assistants  |  and  Dep- 
uties Assembled  in  the  Generall  Court  of  that  |  Jurisdiction  Wish  Grace  and 
Peace  in  our  Lord  |  Jesus  Christ,"  signed  "Edward  Kawson  Secret:" 
verso  blank,  lower  part  of  leaf  wanting;  1-88,  |  "The  |  General  Lavves  of 
the  ^lassachusets  |  Colony,  revised  and  published  by  |  Order  of  the  General 
Covrt  I  in  Oct(d)er  1658,"  various  headlines;  8  pp.  "An  |  Alphabetical 
Table  |  shewing  |  the  generall  Titles  and  chief  Heads  of  this  Book  of  Laws; 
(and  more  |  particularly,  the  Office  of  Constables.)  In  which,  |  S.  signifies 
Section,  and  P.  Page,"  tw(»  columns  to  a  page,  with  headpiece  of  two 
lines  of  acorn-shaped  border  pieces,  the  lower  one  inverted,  running  head- 
line "The  Table." 

This  was  reprinted  (1889)  in  fac-simile,  by  order  of  the  City 
Council  of  Boston,  under  the  supervision  of  our  associate,  Wil- 
liam H.  Whitmore,  Esq.,  Eecord  Commissioner.  The  title  is 
copied  from  the  reprint  as  given  on  page  119  of  that  work. 


The  Doctrine  |  of  Godliness  [a  Catechism  by  John  Norton].    16mo.  pp.  3-22. 

Titlepage  wanting;  3-22,  "The  Doctrine  |  of  Godliness";  has  a  border 
line  often  pieces  at  the  top  of  page  3,  and  an  ornamented  initial  letter  "  W" 
at  the  beginning. 

Eev.  Thomas  Prince,  in  his  Catalogue,  says  that  this  tract  by 
Norton  was  printed  first  in  the  year  1660,  and  again  in  1666. 
Dr.  Felt,  in  his  "  History  of  Ipswich,"  by  inference  refers  the 
date  of  publication  to  1664.  This  title  is  given  in  Dr.  Haven's 
supplementary  list  under  1660  and  1660. 


i66i. 

Wusku  I  wuttestamentum  |  nul-lordumuu  |  Jesus  Christ  |  Nuppoquohwus- 
saueneumun.  |  —  |  [32  tine  border  pieces  arranged  in  the  shape  of  a 
diamond.]  I  —  ||  Cambridge  :  |  Printed  by  Samuel  Green  and  Mar- 
maduke  Johnson.  I  MDCLXI.     12mo.     pp.  (254). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  border  line  and  a  line  of  acorn-shaped  border 
pieces,  verso  blank ;  86  pp.  (signatures  A  to  L)  text  to  the  end  of  Luke  ; 
166  pp.  (signatures  Aa  to  Xx)  text  to  the  end  of  Revelation;  blank  leaf; 
followed  by  the  psalms  in  Indian  printed  in  1663. 

The  copy  has  no  title  in  English,  and  no  dedication  to  the 
King.  See  Wilberforce  Eames's  "  Bibliographical  Notes  on  Eliot's 
Indian  Bible  and  his  other  translations  "  (Washington,  1890)  for 
a  very  full  account  of  the  work  (page  23). 


12 


KAIJLY    AMKUITAN     IMIMIINTS. 


1662. 

Propositions  |  coiicoruiug  the  |  Subject  uf  Haptisin  |  and  |  Cousuciiition  of 
V'luirclies;  |  CoUocted  and  Confirmed  out  of  tlio  Word  of  God,  |  by  11 
\ Synod  of  EKh-rs  |  and  |  Messengors  of  the  Churches  |  in  Massacluisets- 
C<H<>ny  in  Ncw-Enirhind.  Assenibh^l  at  Boston,  accordiiitj  to  the  Ap- 
iMiiihiiunt  of  the  Honoured  |  General  Court,  in  the  Year,  lUiJ'i.  |  —  |  At 
alM-nferal  Court  lield  at  Boston  in  New-Enghmd,  tlie  Eitrhth  |  of  October, 
10G2.  I  ^he  Court  having  Head  over  this  Kesult  of  the  Synod,  judge 
meet  to  C«>m-  |  mend  the  same  unto  tlic  Consideration  of  all  the 
Churches  and  People  of  |  this  Jurisdiction  ;  and  for  that  end  do  Order 
the  Printingv  thereof.  |  By  the  Court,  Edward  liawson.  Secret.  |  —  | 
Wiiereuuto  isSauext  the  Answer  of  the  Dissenting  |  Bretliren  and  Mes- 
sengers <)f  theV'hurches  of  |  New-England,  &c.  |  —  ||  Printed  in  the 
Year,  IGG'J.      I'.'iVj.i.     pp.  (14),  18.     [Four  copies.] 

Titlej»age,  verso  brunk  ;  12  pp.  "The  |  Preface  |  to  the  |  Christian 
Reader  :  |  and  esi)eciall}\o  the  Churches  of  Massachu.sets-Colony  |  in  New- 
England";  1-18,  '*  The  I  Xuswer  |  of  the  |  Elders  and  other  Messengere  | 
of  the  Churches,  Assembled\it  Boston  in  the  Y^^ar,  1(>62.  |  To  the  Ques- 
tions Propounded  to  them  by  C^der  |  of  the  Honoured  General  Court";  run- 
ning headlines  in  both  parts  ;  fi>\liiwe<l  by  "  Anti-Synodalia,"  iirinted  on  tlie 
same  forms,  but  with  a  new  .set  (\sigiiatun^  letters. 


Anti-Synodalia  Scripta  Americana.  |  ^r,  |  a  Projiosal  of  the  .Ju<lgment  of 
the  Dissenting  Mes-  |  scngers  of  the  Cliurches  of  New-England  As- 
sembled, I  by  the  Appointment  of  th\General  Court,  |  Mardi  1"'.  ICG'i. 
where<»f  there  were  several  |  Sessions  jijierwards.  |  ThisS<'ript  or  Treat- 
ise, by  Gods  Prt)videuce,  falling  into  |  th\hauds  of  a  Friend  to  the  Truth, 
and  the  Contents  thereof,  A:c.  |  was  publWlied  for  the  Churches  good, 
although  without  any  Com-  |  mi.ssion  froilX  the  Dissenting  Brethren  ; 
which  tlu-y  are  desired  imt  to  |  be  offended  w\li.  |  Wlierein  there  is  an 
Answr-r  to  the  Arguments  aUeadged  by  the  r^ynode."  No  titlepage 
I'iiiMi.  pp.  .'{8.     [Three  copies.] 

Pp.  1-7,  "The  Preface  to  the  Header,"  signed,  'NMiihiiethes ";  8-11, 
"  To  the  Honoured  (ioverinMir  of  the  |  Massachu.sets,  .I()Ijii  Eiidicut  Esq;  | 
Together  with  the  rest  of  the  Honoured  |  Bench,  and  the  (Vurt  of  Deputies. 
I  A  plaine  Proposal  of  the  .Juciu'ement  of  the  Mes-  |  senger.sVf  the  Churches 
Dis-M-nting  from  the  Major  |  part,  a.ssi-nibied  in  the  Synode  at  iJoston,  toucli- 
iiig  the  first  |  Question,  which  was  ]  What  is  the  subject  of  BapV-^me  ?  |  Tin- 
Preface";  12-38,  "The  I  Order  obwrved  |  in  this  |  Treatise";  l\s  the  run- 
ning headline,  "  Anti-Synodalia,  cVc.  ";  11  list  of  "  Errata  :  or,  Faul>*  escaped 
in  the  Preiw,*'  with  p«-rhapH  one  or  two  lines  cut  nlf  in  thi'  binding,  ii^pasted 
on  at  the  end.     'I'his  follows  "  Propositions,"  etc 

Al  the  t<»i»  of  the  title   i.s  writlcii,  "  P>y  I'rc'sidi'iit  ('li;niii(Y" 
.Mr.  l'rin<:(r,  in  hi.s  CntnloKUc,  «nyH  that  the  lirst  of  tliesc  twu  imiil- 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  13 

phlets  was  printed  at  Cambridge.  In  regard  to  the  second  he 
writes,  "M''  Allin^iiiv®  Title  Page  of  his  Animadversions,  says 
twas  Prin*^  in  Old  England-"-;  but  I  have  inserted  it  as  a  New 
England  title  inasmuch  as  the  catchw-ocdon  the  last  page  of 
"  Propositions  "  agrees  with  the  first  word  in~tl«6«_title.  More- 
over Dr.  Haven,  in  his  list,  says  that  it  was  printed  by  S.  Green 
at  Cambridge.      l^n^^  e^fjUfi^. 

1663. 

The  I  Cause  of  God  |  and  his  People  in  New-England,  |  as  it  was  |  stated 
and  discussed  |  in  |  a  Sermon  Preached  before  the  Honourable  General 
I  Covrt  of  the  Massachvsets  Colony,  |  on  the  27  day  of  May  1663.  Being 
the  Day  |  of  Election  at  Boston.  |  —  |  By  John  Higginson  Pastor  of 
the  Church  |  of  Christ  at  Salem.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  from  Matt.  xxii. 
21;  two  lines  from  1  Peter  ii.  17;  three  lines  from  1  Chron.  xii.  32.] 
I  —  II  Cambridg,  |  Printed  by  Samuel  Green  1063.  12mo.  pp.  (4), 
24.     [Three  copies.] 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  border  line  and  a  line  of  border  pieces,  versa 

blank;     2   pp.   "Christian   Reader,"  signed   "John   Wilson.    Senior,"   and 

"  Samuel  Whiting,"  headpiece  of  two  lines  of  fine  border  pieces,  the  lower 

one  inverted  ;  1-24,  "  The  |  Cause  of  God  |  and  his  People  in  New-England, 

I  Stated  and  Discussed." 

In  the  margin  at  the  bottom  of  the  title,  in  an  old  style  of 
writing  there  appears  "The  first  Election-Sermon  that  was 
printed."  On  the  verso  of  the  same  leaf  in  another  hand  is  the 
following :  — 

NB.  I  have  been  iuform'd  (by  D"-  C.  M.  who  had  it  by  Tradition)  that 
good  Mr  Hig. —  when  appointed  to  preach  the  Elec.  Ser.  sought  to  Mr.  Mit- 
chel  for  Advice  as  to  a  Subject  &c.  &  had  the  main  Plan  of  the  following 
Ser.  from  him.  And  this  will  receive  Confirmation,  if  we  consult  Dr.  1. 
Mather's  Elijah,  or  Testimony  to  the  Cause  «fec.  where  is  an  Extract  from  a 
M.S.  of  M'.  Mitchel's  that  carries  a  great  Affinity  with  this  Sermon. 

On  the  titlepage  of  another  copy,  near  the  bottom,  appear 
the  words,  "  Jn°  Payn^'  ex  dono  Authoris  Eev : : " 


The  I  Church^Membership  |  of  Children,  |  and  their  right  to  |  Baptisme, 
According  to  that  holy  and  everlasting  Covenant  of  God,  |  established 
between  Himsel,  and  the  FaithfuU  and  their  Seed  after  |  them,  in  their 
Generations  :  |  Cleared  up  in  a  Letter,  sent  unto  a  worthy  Friend  of  the 
I  Avthor,  and  many  Yeares  agoe  written  touching  that  subject ;  |  —  | 
By  Thomas  She})ard,  sometimes  Pastor  of  the  Church  |  of  Christ  at 
Cambridg  in  New-England.  |  —  |  Published  at  the  earnest  request  of 


14  E.MtT.Y    AMKlMtAN     IMI'KINTS. 

many  :  f«>r  tlio  (."i>usi>latU'n  |  ami  Kuonuiaiii'im-ut.  both  of  Parents  and 
Chiltlrou  in  tlie  Lonl.  |  —  |  [Fduv  lim-s  .fruni  Gon.  xvli.  7;  one  line 
from  Mark  xvi.  16;  tliroe  liui-s  from  Acts  ii.  39  ;  one  line  from  1  Cor. 
vii.  14.]  I  —  II  Caml>ridtj  |  Printed  l>y  Samuel  Oreen.  1663.  TJmo. 
Itp.  (-2-2),  26.     [Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  snrrnunded  l>y  a  line  of  acorn-shaped  liorder  jiieces,  verso  has 
a  quotution  from  Chemnitius;  18  pp.  "A  Preface  to  the  Header,"  sii;ned 
"Thomas  Shepard,"  has  runninir  headlines;  2  pp.  poetry  hy  .J<diii  Wilson, 
Senior:  l-2<j,  "The  |  (.'hnrch=Membership  |  of  Children  j  Cleared  vp  in  a 
Letter  in  Answer  |  to  the  Doubts  of  a  Friend;"  two  lines  of  errata  at  the 
end  of  page  26. 

A  presentation  copy  "To  ye  worsliipfull,  &  niueli  honored 
Alajur  Denison." 

A  I  Discourse  |  about  j  Civil  Government  |  in  a  |  New  Plantation  |  whoso 
Design  is  j  Keligion.  |  —  |  Written  many  Years  since,  |  by  that  Rever- 
end and  Worthy  Minister  of  the  Gospel,  |  John  Cotton  Ii.  D.  |  and 
now  Published  by  some  Undertakers  of  |  a  New  Plantation,  for  General 
Direction  |  and  Information.  |  —  ||  Cambridtr*^ :  |  Printed  by  Samuel 
Green  and  Marmaduke  .Johnson.  |  MDCLXIII.     IJmo.  pp.  24. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  ]>ieces,  acorn  pattern,  verso 
blank  ;  3-24,  "  A  Discourse  |  about  |  Civil  Government  in  a  New  |  Plan- 
tation :"...;  two  linrs  of  "  Errata  "  at  the  eml  of  page  24. 

Mather,  in  his  Ma^Mialia  (]>0()k  III.  p.  50),  says :  "There  is 
likewi.se  published,  A  Discourse  about  Civil  (iovt-nniifnt,  in  a 
New  Plantation,  whose  Design  is  Religion:  in  the  Title-Page 
whereof,  the  Name  of  Mr.  Cotton,  is,  by  a  Mistake,  jml  for 
that  of  Mr.  Davenjiort."  On  the  back  of  the  title  is  written  in 
the  h;indwritino  of  Mr.  Sjiarks :  "This  Tract  was  written  by 
I);iv<'n)iort.  See  l'rofess(»r  Kino.sU'v'.s  Hist.  Discourse,  ]».  M:5, 
wht;re  he  quotes  Cotton  Mather."  I'nderneath  is  the  following 
in  the  hand  of  Mr.  Felt:  "Still  this  work  is  answer  to  another 
on  tlie  same  subject.  The  latter  appears  to  iiave  been  written 
by  .lohn   Cotton." 

Mamv-"-!-     w  iiiiiieetupanalaiiiwf   |    iij)-liildum  (Jod    |    iiaiMr>\>c    |    Nukkono 
TeHtament  |  kuli  wonk  |  Wusku  Testament.  |  —  |  Ne  <pioshkiiinumuk 
naf«hpe    Wuttiiineiimoh    Christ   |   n<di    afxw«'hit    |   .lohn    Kliot.  |    —   || 
Cambridge:  |  I'rintenxp  nashpe  Samuel  Green  kah  Marmaduke  .lolni- 
Nou    I  l(i'!3.      12mo.      pp.  (s:i2). 

Tilli'piiue,  nurroiindr-d  by  u  border  line  and  a  line  ot  acoru-sh.iprd  border 
pier<'j»,  rrmo  bhmk  ;  1  p.  blank,  vrrsn  Iuih  a  list  of  books  in  both  (he  Old 
and  New  TeHtainenlJt;  X'2H  pp  text  ;  followed  l»y  "  Wusku,"  ilc,  the  New 
ToMtAmont  in  Indian,  printed  in  Hir.i 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  15 

This  has  neither  titlepage  in  English,  nor  dedication  to  the 
King.  On  a  fly-leaf  at  the  beginning  is  written  "Enoch  Green- 
lefe  His  Booke  1672." 

VVame  |  Kptxlioinae    uketooliomaougash  |  David.      No  titlepage.      12ino. 
pp.  (100). 

Psalms  of  David  in  metre,  in  two  columns;  catchword  "  Nxiwomx"  on 
the  last  page  ;  followed  by  rules  for  holy  living,  in  Indian. 

This  is  bound  up  with  Eliot's  New  Testament,  printed  in  1661. 


Nx)womxi  Wnttinnx»waonk  God,  Gen.  5.  22.  Enoch  weeche  |  pomushau 
God  nishwudt  pasukxe  kodtumwaeu.  Wouk  |  naowomx,  Prov.  23. 
17.  qush  Johovah  neteagu  :  newaj  |  kenatxtomoush.  No  titlepage. 
4to.  pp.  (2). 

lu  two  parts,  "  Nat.  i."  in  nine  numbers,  and  "  Nat.  ii.'"  in  eight. 

These  "rules  for  holy  living"  follow  the  Psalms  in  Indian, 
and  were  printed  on  the  same  form  as  the  third  leaf  of  the  last 
signature,  "N."  See  Eames's  "Bibliographical  Notes"  (pp.  21, 
23)  for  an  account  of  thSse  Indian  titles. 


Severall  |  Laws  and  Orders  |  made  at  Severall  |  General  Couits  |  in  the 
Years  1661.  1662.  1663.  |  —  |  Printed  and  Published  by  Order  of  the 
General  Court  held  at  Boston  |  the  20"*  of  October,  1663.  |  By  Edward 
Rawson  Seer'.     No  titlepage.     4to.  pp.  7. 

Pages  1-7,  text;  various  headlines;  last  page  blank. 

Issued  as  a  supplement  to  the  Book  of  the  General  Laws, 
and  appears  in  a  fac-simile  reprint  (pp.  219-225)  of  that  work 
published  at  Boston  in  1889. 


1664. 

Animadversions  |  upon  the  |  Antisynodalia  Americana,  |  a  Treatise  Printed 
in  Old  England  :  |  In  the  Name  of  the  |  Dissenting  Brethren  |  in  the 
Synod  held  at  Boston  in  New  EnyUuid  1662.  |  Tending  to  Clear  the 
Elders  and  Churches  of  |  New  England  from  those  Evils  and  Declin- 
ings  charged  upon  many  |  of  them  in  the  two  Prefaces  before  the  said 
Book.  I  Togetlier  with  ]  An  Answer  |  unto  |  the  Reasons  alledged  for 
the  Opinion  of  the  Dissenters.  |  And  a  Reply  to  such  Answers  as  are 
given  to  the  |  Arguments  of  the  Synod.  |  —  |  By  John  AUin,  Pastor  of 


1»3  EARLY   AMERICAN   IMPRINTS. 

the  Church  of  Christ  |  at  Deilham  in  N.  England.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  from 
Roui.  iii.  1,  2;  three  lines  from  Gal.  iii.  27,  28;  three  lines  from  Hob. 
xii.  15,  16.]  I  —  II  Cambridge:  Printetl  by  S.  G.  and  M.  J.  for 
Hezekiah  Vsher  I  of  Boston.      1(!G4.      rimo.  pp.  (5),  82. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  aeorn-sliaped  border  pieces,  verso 
blank  :  3  pp.  "  The  Preface  to  the  Reader,"  signed  "  John  Allin,"  and 
dated  "  From  my  Study  in  Dedham  |  in  N.  E.  C>  day,  11  uion.  |  1G(J3,"  has 
a  running  headline,  lieadpicce  of  line  of  border  pieces,  a  rule,  and  a  line  of 
similar  pieces  inverted,  a  brace  at  the  end  ;  1  p.  blank;  1-82,  "Animad- 
versions I  upon  the  I  Antisynodalia  Americana,"  headi)iece  of  a  line  of  acorn- 
shaped  border  pieces,  and  a  line  of  similar  pieces  inverted. 

A  presentation  copy  "F(tr  y' Rmd  ni'  Shojiliard."  On  the 
inner  margin  of  the  titlepage  is  written,  "  Tho  :  Shepard's  booke. 
ye  gift  of  ye  Reverend  Authonr.     March.  'M.  16G4." 


A  I  Defence  |  of  the    |    Answer   and    Arguments    |  of  tlic  |  Synod  |  met    at 

(  The  Svbject    of  Baptism, 
Boston    in    tin-    Year    16G2.  |  Concerning  •<  and 

(Consociation    of    Clivrches. 
I  Against  th<'  Reply  made  thereto,  by  tlie  Reverend  |  Mr.  doim  Daven- 
port, Pastor  of  the  |  Cliurch  at  Xew-IIaven,  in  his  Treati.se  Entituled,  | 
Another  Es.say  for   Investigation  of  the  Trutli,    &c.  j  Together  with  j 
An. Answer  |  to  the  |  Ajxdogetical  Preface  |  set  before  that  Essay.  |  —  j 
liy  si>me  of  the  Elders  wlio  wen?  Members  of  th«'  |  Synoti  above-men- 
tioned. I  —  I  [One  line  from  1  Tliess.  v.  21  ;  three  lines  from  1  Cliron. 
xxviii.  H.]  I  —  II  Cambridge:    |    I'rinted   by  S.   Green  ami   .M.  .loimson 
for  Hezekiah  Vsher  I  of  Bo.ston.      lG(i-J.     12mo   jip.  (1),  •<•;,  KH'.     [Two 
Copies.] 

Tith-page,  Kurrouinled  by  two  border  liiiis,  rerso  blaidi;  1-1<!,  "An 
Answer  I  to  the  |  Apolo^etical  Preface  |  |)ublished  in  the  Name  and  Beiialf 
of  I  the  Brethren  that  Di.s.seuted  in  tin-  lat(!  Synod,  j  and  set  before  tlie 
Keverenil  Mr.  Davenports  Treatise,  called,  j  Another  Es.say  litc,"  with  a  list 
«»f  "  Errata  in  the  Book   following"  at  end,  five  lines;    1-102,  "A  |  Defence 

I  of  the  I  An.swer  and  Aryvments  of  the  Synod,  |  met  at  Boston  in  the  Year 
1C62,  I  Concerning  |  the  .Subject  of  Baptism,  and  Conso<-iation  of  Churches: 

I  Against  the  Reply  made  thereto,  by  the  Reverend  .Mr.  John  |  Davenport, 
iu  hlM  Treatise,  Entituled,  |  Another  Essay  for  Fnvestigalion  of  the  Truth, 
Ate,"  Mew  Hignuturt!  letters  to  this  p.irt. 

Thi.s  I)of«rnc<*  was  written  liy  i.'iclianl  .MiilJicr,  ami  the  ,\ii- 
swer  by  .lonathan  Mitrh(d.  See  Sil)ley's  Harvard  (^radllat<^s 
(I.  l.'>r>,  l.'ifi).  On  the  titlfpago  of  oiif  fopy  ajipcars  the  iiaiiic  <if 
"  Jo.seph  Knierson." 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  17 

Several  |  Laws  and  Orders  |  made  at  Severall  |  General  Courts  |  in  the  Years 
1661.  1662.  1664.  |  —  |  Printed  and  Published  by  Order  of  the  General 
Court  held  at  Boston  |  the  lO"*  of  October,  1664.  |  By  Edward  Rawson 
Seer.     No  titlepage.     4to.     pp.  4.     [Slightly  imperfect.] 

This  follows  a  similar  title  printed  in  1663,  and  is  bound  up 
in  the  same  volume.    See  the  reprint  in  fac-simile  (pp.  225-230). 


Three  Choice  and  Profitable  |  Sermons  |  Upon  Severall  Texts  of  Scripture ; 
I  Viz.  I  Jer.  30.  17.  John  14.  3.  Heb.  8.  5.  |  —  |  By  that  Reverend  Ser- 
vant of  Christ,  I  AP-  John  Norton  |  Late  Teacher  of  the  Church  of  Christ 
at  Bo.-Jton  in  N.  E.  |  —  |  The  First  of  them  being  the  Last  Sermon 
which  I  he  Preached  at  the  Court  of  Election  at  Boston.  |  Tlie  Second 
was  the  Last  wliich  he  Preached  on  the  |  Lords-Day.  |  The  Third  was 
the  Last  which  he  Preached  on  his  |  Weekly-Lectnre-Day.  |  Wherein 
I  (Beside  many  other  excellent  and  seasonable  Truths)  is  shewed,  |  the 
Lords  Soveraignty  over,  and  Care  for  his  Church  and  People,  |  in  order 
to  Loth  their  Militant  and  Triumphant  condition ;  |  and  their  Fidelity 
and  good  affection  towards  himself.  |  —  |  [three  lines  from  2  Sam.  xxiii. 
1 ;  two  lines  from  Deut.  xxxi.  2!) ;  two  lines  from  Ezra  iii.  3  ;  four  lines 
from  Zech.  i.  5,  6.]  |  —  |  Cambridge  :  |  Printed  by  S.  G.  and  M.  I.  for 
Hezekiah  Vsher  of  Boston.     1664.     12mo.     pp.  (*6),  34. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso  blank;  2  pp. 
"Johannes  Nortonus.  |  Anagr.  ]  Nonne  is  Honoratvs  ?  " ;  2  pp.  "To  the 
same  purpose,"  a  poem  with  the  heading,  "John  Norton,"  signed,  "John 
Wilson  Sen."  ;  1-15,  "  Sion  the  Out-cast  healed  of  her  Wounds.  |  Being  | 
the  First  Sermon  :  |  and  |  Preached  at  the  Court  of  Election,  |  May  XXII. 
1661,"  has  running  headline;  16-28,  "The  Believers  Consolation,  |  in  the 
Remembrance  of  his  Heavenly  Mansion  prepared  for  |  him  by  Christ.  | 
Being  |  the  Second  Sermon  :  |  and  |  Preached  on  the  Lords-Day,  |  March 
XXIX.  1663";  29-34,  "The  Evangelical  Worshipper,  |  Subjecting  to  the 
Prescription  and  Soveraignty  |  of  Scripture-patern.  |  Being  |  the  Third  Ser- 
mon :  I  and  |  Preached  on  the  Lecture-Day,  |  April  II.  1663,"  four  pages, 
35-38  wanting,  has  running  headline;  followed  by  "A  Copy  of  the  Letter 
...  to  M^-  John  Dury,"  with  continuous  signature  letters. 

In  the  upper  margin  of  the  titlepage  is  the  autograph  signa- 
ture, "  Simon  Bradstreet." 


A  Copy  I  of  the  |  Letter  |  Returned  by  the  |  Ministers  of  New-Ensrland  |  to  | 
M'-  John  Dury  |  about  his  |  Pacification.  |  Faithfully  Translated  out  of 
the  Original  Manuscript  written  in  |  Latine,  By  the  Reverend  Avt])or  of 
the  Three  |  former  Sermons.  |  With  some  Considerations  premised  about 
that  Subject,  |  necessary  for  these  Times.  |  —  |  By  a  Lover  of  Truth  and 
Peace.  |  —  |  [Ten  acorn-shaped  border  pieces  in  two  short  lines,  the 
lower  one  inverted.]  |  —  ||  Published  in  the  Year  1664.    12nio.   pp.  (2),  12. 


18  EARLY    AMKKICAN    IMPRINTS. 

Tillepage  wanting;  2  pp.  '•  The  Preface  to  the  |  Keader,"  lias  running 
hoatllines,  Brst  leaf  wanting;  1-12,  "To  the  |  Worthy  and  Eniiuent,  |  M' 
John  Dury,  |  Salvuitious,"  signed  by  forty-four  ministers. 

This  pamphlet  follows  "Three  Choice  Sernmiis,"  with  con- 
tinuous sionature  letters.  The  title  is  t^iken  from  a  copy  in 
the  Prince  Collection  at  the  Boston  Public  Library. 


1665. 

An  I  Astronuniical  Dt'srription  |  of  the  late  |  Coinet  |  or  |  Blazing  Star,  |  as 
it  appeareil  in  Ncw-Knglaud  in  the  |  !)'''•  10''''  ll'*'-  and  in  the  beginning 
I  of  the  12'*'  .Monetli,  HUi-l.  \  Together  |  with  a  brief  Tiiecdogical  Ajjpli- 
cation  I  thereof.  |  —  |  By  S.  U.  [Samuel  Danfortli]  |  —  |  [Two  lines 
from  Psalms  c.xi.  2;  two  lines  from  Job  xx.wi.  24;  three  lines  from 
Exod.  vii.  23.]  |  —  ||  Cambridge  |  I'riiiti'd  l>y  Samiirl  Green,  1G(!.'). 
16mo.     pp.  (2),  22. 

Titlepage,  surroundccl  by  a  (li>iililc  line  of  line  bonier  i)ieces,  verso  "  Dii 
Bartas,"  seven  lines;    1-22,  "An  |  Astronomical  Description  |  of  the  late  | 
Comet,  I  as  it  apjieared  in  New-England,"  headpiece,    a  line  of  acorn-shaped 
bt>rder  pieces,  a  rnle,  and  a  line  «>f  similar  iiivrrtcd  pieces. 

This  title  in  Dr.  Haven's  list  was  taken  from  the  Catalogue 
of  the   British  Museum. 

The  I  Conditions  for  New-Planters  |  in  the  Territories  of  His  Hoyal  Ilighnes 
I  the  I  Duke  of   York  |        liroatlside  [printed  by  Samntd  (ireen,  Clam- 
bridge].      Hv<i. 
Border  lint!  above  ;   sigmd  "  K.   Niicdls." 

A  I  iJireclion  |  for  |  a  Piiblick  Profession  |  in  the  Church  Assembly,  after 
private  P^xamination  |  by  the  Elders.  |  Whi(di  Direction  is  taken  out  of 
the  Scripture,  and  I'oints  unto  |  that  Paith  and  Cov<'nant  coutaine<l  in 
the  Scripture.  |  lieing  the  sauH-  for  Sul)slanci'  which  was  propounded  to, 
and  I  agreed  upon  by  the  Church  of  Salem  at  the  beginning.  |  the  sixth 
of  the  Hixth  M(.netli,  H;2!».  |  —  |  In  the  Preface  to  the  Declaration  «»f  the 
Faith  <iwned  and  pro-  |  fes.sed  l)y  the  C<»ngregationall  Chinches  in  Eng- 
land.     No  titlepage.      Kimo.      pp    <•• 

At  the  bottom  of  the  first  page,  a  HtateUH-nl  coiicirning  the  use  of  the  con- 
fettftion  ;   (2),  extractM  aliout  the  KUine  from  tlilfrn-nt  parts  of  the  Bible  ;    .'1    I, 
" 'I'lii!  ConfeH»ion  of  I  Faith";  f),  "The  Covenant";   <••  "Questions  to  be 
AiiHwer<Ml  (it  the  Huptizing  of  Children,  |  or  the  substance  to  be  uxpreHsed  | 
by  ihe  Parontn." 

See   Felt's  "  IJeply  t«i  th<;  Nt'W-l'iiioIiind  ('<»non'gatioiialism   of 
Hon.   Daniel   A.   White  "  (Salem,  I HC)  j ),  pag(!H  55-57;  ami  also 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  19 

his  pamphlet  entitled  "  Did  the  First  Church  of  Salem  originally 
have  a  Confession  of  Faith  distinct  from  their  Covenant  ? "  (Bos- 
ton, 1856),  pages  23-25.  A  clew  to  the  date  is  found  in  that 
pamphlet  on  page  17. 


i666. 

The  Day  of  Doom  ;  or  a  Description  of  the  Great  and  Last  Judgment.  With 
a  Short  Discourse  about  Eternity.     16mo.     pp.  (4),  78  [98]. 

Titlepage  wanting  ;  G  pp..  "  To  the  Christian  Reader,"  wanting,  with 
the  exception  of  a  fragment  of  four  lines,  which  has  on  the  back  the 
printed  name  "  Michael  Wigglcsworth  "  ;  2  pp.  "  On  the  following  Work,  | 
and  I  It's  Author,"  signed  "J.  Mitchel " ;  2  pp.  ''A  Prayer  |  Vnto  Christ 
the  Jvdge  |  of  the  |  World  "  ;  1-75,  "  The  Day  |  of  |  Doom,"  page  65  num- 
bered "  51,"  and  the  catch-word  at  bottom  of  page  75  "  On";  (76),  blank; 
77-84,  "A  Short  Discourse  |  on  |  Eternity";  85-94,  "A  Postscript  unto 
the  I  Reader,"  page  92  printed  "  62,"  headpiece  two  lines  of  border  pieces 
of  two  varieties,  the  lower  line  inverted  ;  95-98,  "  A  Song  of  ]  Emptiness,  | 
to  fill  up  the  Empty  Pages  following.  |  Vanity  of  Vanities,"  page  98  num- 
bered "  78,"  headpiece  similar  to  the  last.  Whole  work  has  I'unning 
headlines. 

Perhaps  this  imperfect  copy  belongs  to  the  second  Cambridge 
edition,  which  was  printed  probably  in  1666.  See  pages  269- 
275  of  this  volume  for  some  bibliographical  notes  on  the  work 
and  its  author. 

1 668. 

The  I  Rise,  Spring  |  and  |  Foundation  |  of  the  |  Anaba])tists,  |  or  Re-baptized 
of  our  Time.  |  —  |  Written  in  French  by  Guy  de  Brez,  1565.  |  Minister 
of  tlie  Word,  and  Martyr.  |  And  Translated  for  the  use  of  his  Country- 
nnni,  by  J.  S.  |  —  |  [Three  lines  from  Eccles.  i.  9.]  |  —  ||  Cambridge:  | 
Printed,  and  to  be  Sold  by  Marmadiike  Johnson.  1668.  12mo.  pp. 
(4),  52. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso  blank  ;  2  pp.  "  To 
the  Reader,"  signed  "J.  S."  [Joshua  Scottow]  ;  1-52,  "  The  Rise,  Spring 
and  Foundation  |  of  tlie  |  Anabaptists,"  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces 
and  a  line  of  similar  pieces  inverted,  running  headlines. 

To  the  Elders  and  Ministers  of  every  Town  within  the  Jurisdiction  |  of  tlie 
Massachusets  iu  New-England  :  |  The  Governour  and  Council  sendeth 
greeting.  Broadside  [printed  probably  by  Marmaduke  Johnson,  Cam- 
bridge].    Folio. 


liM  KAHLY    AMKUICAN    IMI'KINTS. 

A  letter  a»lilres.<od  "  Kovoreuil  ami  IJelovoii  in  tlie  Lord/'  and  "  Given  at 
Boston  the  10">  of  March  IGtJS.  by  the  Govenioiir  and  |  Council,  and  by  thein 
Ordered  to  be  Printed,  and  sent  ac-  |  conlitigly.  Edward  Kawson  Secret'." 
Thi.s  is  an  appeal  or  a  "  Declaration  .  .  .  earnestly  desirin<j:,  and  in  the  bowels 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  reipiirintr  you  to  be  very  diligent  and  careful  to  Catechize 
and  Instruct  all  the  people  (especially  the  Youth)  under  your  Charge,  in  the 
Sound  and  Orthodox  Princii>les  of  Christian  Religion  ;  and  that  not  onely  in 
publick.  but  privately  from  house  to  house  .  .  .  and  wlictlur  the  Youth  are 
taught  to  Kcade  tlie  English  Tongue." 


1669. 

IJalui  in  Gilead  |  to  heal  |  Sions  Wounds :  |  Or,  |  a  Treatise  wherein  there 
is  a  clear  Discovery  of  the  |  most  Prevailing  Sicknesses  of  New-England, 
both  in  the  |  Civill  and  Ecclcsiasticall  State ;  As  also  sutable  |  Remedies 
for  the  Cure  of  them  :  |  Collected  out  of  that  Spirituall  Directory,  |  The 
Word  of  God.  I  Delivered  in  a  Sermon  Preached  before  the  |  Generall 
Court  of  the  Colony  of  New-Plimovth  |  on  the  first  day  of  June  1669. 
beiTig  tlie  I  Day  of  Electi<in  |  there.  |  —  |  liy  Thomas  Walley,  Pastor  of 
the  Church  of  Christ  at  |  Barnstable  in  New-England.  |  —  |  [Four  lines 
from  Jer.  xiv.  18;  two  lines  from  Hosea  xiv.  1;  two  lines  from  Jer. 
vi.  8;  two  lines  from  Jer.  iii.  22.]  |  —  ||  Cambridge  :  \  Print*  d  by  S.  G. 
and  M.  J.  1669.      12mo.     pp.  (5),  3-20. 

First  page  blank,  verso,  "  New-l'liinuuth,  ( )ct(ilier  26.  166!t,"  Order  to  pub- 
lish the  sermon  by  the  Court  at  Plymouth,  signed  "  Natliaiiicl  Morton  Sec- 
retary," separated  by  a  line  of  tine  border  pieces  from  a  statement  allowing 
it,  .signed  "  Imprimatur,  Charles  Chauucy  |  Thomas  Shepard,"  line  of 
border  piect'S  at  the  top  and  bottt)m  of  pjige  ;  titlepage,  surrounded  by  a 
line  of  border  pieces,  verso  blank;  2  y)p.  "To  the  II<uioured,  |  Thomas 
Prince  Esq  ;  |  Governour  of  New  Plimoutii  Colony  in  New-England  ;  |  and 
I  tlie  Worshipfull  his  Assistants,"  signeil  " 'J'homas  Walley,"  headpiece  »»f 
fifteen  urn-shaped  border  jiii-ces  and  half  of  a  brace  ;  3-20,  "  I5.ilm  of 
Gilead  to  heal  Sions  Wounds,"  runuinii  iH-adiines. 

in  l)r.  ll;ivt'ir.s  list  tliis  title  ajipttiir.s  iiicorrt'ctly  umlrr  the 
year  DJ1J9.  For  aii  account  of  the  second  rdiiinn  sec  tlie  ni'.vt 
entry  Inflow.  In  the  ln\v(;r  niar^'iii  of  tlu:  tillrpai^c  is  written, 
"  Nat  llarncs." 


I'')  70. 

Halm  in  (jiiead  |  to  heal  |  Sinus  Wounds  :  |  [title  .same  as  the  preceding  one). 
I'Jmo.      pp.  (6),  3-20.      [Two  copies.] 

(Pollution  the  wiini!  nn  in  the  edition  of  1669,  as  far  as  pau-e  2o  ;  below 
'*  Kinin"  on  tlial  page,  u  nt>lico  of  WiggleHWorth's  "  Meni  ..ui  nf  the  i'.aler" 
going  to  the  proHM. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  21 

For  a  critical  account  of  the  differences  between  the  two 
editions,  the  first  printed  in  1669,  see  page  274.  At  the  end 
of  this  sermon  (page  20),  is  the  following  advertisement,  which 
does  not  appear  in  the  first  edition :  — 

^  I  ^Here  is  now  going  to  the  Press  sundry  excellent  and  divine  Poems,  |  en- 
-*-  tituled,  Meat  out  of  the  Eater  ;  or,  Meditations  concerning  tlie-\  Necessity, 
End,  and  Vsefulness  of  Afflictions  unto  Gods  Children;  All  \  tending  to  pre- 
pare them  for,  and  comfort  them  under  the  Cross.    By  Michael  \  Wigglesworth. 


Daily  |  Meditations:  |  Or,  |  Quotidian  Preparations  for  |  and  |  Considerations 
of  I   Death    |   and    |    Eternity.  |  Begun  July  19.  1666.  |  —  |  By  Philip 
Pain  :  Who  lately  suffering  |  Shipwrack,  was  drowned.  |  —  |  [Two  lines 
from  Job  xxx.  23  ;  two  lines  from  Eccles.  xii.  1.]  |  —  ||  Cambridge:  | 
Printed  by  S.  G.  and  M.  J.  1670.     16mo.     pp.  (3),  16,  (2). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  fine  border  pieces,  verso  blank ;  1  p. 
''  The  Porch,"  signed  "P.  P.,"  surrounded  by  a  line  of  fine  border  pieces 
within  border  lines  placed  in  a  form  somewhat  resembling  a  porch ;  1  p. 
blank;  1-16,  Meditations  in  verse  beginning  July  19  and  ending  August 
3,  with  headlines  corresponding  to  each  day  of  that  period  ;  2  pp.  "  A  Post- 
script to  the  I  Reader,"  signed  "  M.  J."  [Marmaduke  JohnsoQ?]  with  a  line 
of  ten  urn-shaped  border  pieces  over  the  heading;  last  leaf  of  the  signature 
missing. 

Near  the  top  of  the  titlepage  is  written  "  Bar^  Sutton."  On 
the  fly-leaf  of  the  volume  containing  this  pamphlet  is  found 
"AVilliam  Sutton  His  Book  1741."  This  title  is  given  in  the 
Addenda  to  Dr.  Haven's  list,  under  1668. 


The  I  Life  and  Death  ]  of  |  that  Reverend  Man  of  God,  |  INIr.  Richard  ISIather, 
I  teacher  of  the  Church    |   in    |    Dorchester  |  in  |  New-England.  |  —  | 
[Two  lines  from  Psalms  cxii.  6  ;  two  lines  from  Heb.  xiii.  7  ;  two  lines 
from  Rev.    xiv.  13.]  |  —  |  [One   line   of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Cambridge:  | 
printed  by  S.  G.  and  M.  J.  1670.     12mo.     pp.  (4),  38. 

Titl('{)age,  surrountknl  by  two  border  lines,  verso  blank  ;  2  pp.  "  To  the  | 
Cliurch  1  and  |  Inhabitants  |  of  |  Dorchester  in  N.  E.  |  Grace  unto  you  from 
God  by  Jesus  Christ,"  signed  "  Increase  Mather,"  and  dated  at  "  Boston 
Septemb  6.  |  N.  E.  1670,"  headpiece  a  line  of  thirteen  urn-shaped  border 
pieces  and  a  brace  at  the  end;  1-38,  "The  |  Life  &  Death  |  of  |  Mr. 
Richard  Mather,"  running  headlines. 

This  is  the  first  of  Increase  IVIather's  publications  printed  in 
New  England. 

3 


•2'2  EAIM.Y    AMERICAN    IMl'KINTS. 

New-Euglands  |  True  Interest;  |  uot  to  lie:  |  Or,  |  a  Treatise  declaring  from 
the  Worlil  (if  Truth  the  |  Terms  on  whieh  we  staml,  and  the  T«'nure  hy 
which  I  we  hold  our  hitheilo-continuetl  |  Precious  and  IMeasaut  Thiuirs. 
I  Shewing  |  what  tiie  hhssed  (Jod  exjKcteth  from  his  People,  and  wluit 
I  tiiey  may  rationally  look  for  from  him.  |  Delivered  in  a  .Sernmn 
Preached  in  Boston  |  in  New-Enizland,  April  '2'.K  KJIIS.  heing  the  |  Day 
of  Election  |  there.  |  —  |  By  Mr.  W.  Stoughton,  Preacher  of  the  Ciospel 
in  Dorchester.  |  —  |  [Five  lines  from  Isaiah  li.  ",  s;  three  lines  from 
Haggai,  ii.  4;  tw<»  lines  from  Psalms.  Ix.xxi.  "l.S,  &c."]  |  —  ||  Cam- 
bridge: I  Printed  hy  S.  G.  and  .M.  J.  ICTo.      rinio.     pp.  (t),  3U. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  hy  a  line  of  hinder  pieces,  verso  Idank  ;   2  jip.  "  An 

Adverti.>iement  to  the  Header,"  signed  "J.  S."  [Josliua  Scottow?],  headpiece 

thirteen  urn-shaped  hdnier  pieces;    1-38,   "  New-Englands  True   Interest; 

I  not  to  Lie,"  has  running  headlines,  pages  37  and  3S  wantimr:   1  1>.  Texts 

of  Sci-ipture,  wanting. 

Aiiutht'i'  L'dititiu  a}i[teared  as  follows  :  — 

New-Englands  |  True  Interest  ;  |  [title  same  as  tlie  precciling  one].      12mo. 
pp.  40.     [Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  surrounth-il  hy  a  line  of  horder  pieces,  versn  hlank  ;  (3),  "  An 
Advertisement  to  the  Hea<ler,"  signed  "J.  S."  ;  4-40,  "  New  Englands  True 
Interest ;  |  not  to  Lie,'  witii  two  lines  of  "  Errata  "  at  the  end  of  page  40, 
running  headlines. 

The  titlupage.s  of  these  two  paniphlets  are  apparently  identical, 
but  for  all  the  other  paoes  the  type  was  set  up  a  seeond  time. 
See  a  note,  si«^ned  "8.  A.  tr.,"  whieh  a]»pears  in  The  Xtw- 
Knoland  Historical  &  (uMicalo^dcal  Iveojsti'r "  (XX \'.  !>1)  for 
.lanuary,  ISTl;  Sildey's  Harvard  Cradnale.s  (I.  liOd,  L'07)  ;  and 
also  the  liulletin  of  the  Boston  Pul.lic  I.ihrary  (IV.  .'{04)  for 
January,  ISSl.  On  the  ily-leaf  at  the  lic^innin'.^'  of  (.nc'^  co]ty  is 
written  "  l»t'nianiin  Dyer  hi.s  iJook."  and  "  r>eni;i.  \\  adsworth's, 
given  Ity  M'"  I)yer,   1720." 

This  sernuin  (p.  Hi;  secoinl  edition,  ]>.  !!>)  contains  the  noted 
line,  "(}(>d  .sifted  a  whole  Nation  that  he  nuoht  send  choice 
drain  over  into  this   W'ildenirss." 


A  I  Tertiinoiiy  |  from  tlio  |  Scripture  |  against  |  Idolatry  A;  Superstition,  | 
in  Two  SermoiiH;  |  Upon  the  Examph'  <if  that  (J  real  Hefnrmer  llezekiah, 
I  'i  KingM  IH.  -I  I  Tlie  firMt,  Wilnes.sing  in  gi'iiirall  ag.'iinst  all  the  MoIh 
nnd  I  InvenlioiiH  nf  men  in  the  NVurship  of  ( Jnd.  |  'I'he  second,  more  par- 
tifiilaily  air.iiiiHt  the  CeremonicH,  and  |  Home  nlhcr  ('orruplions  of  the 
Cliiir.li   -.t'  Kimland.  |  PreiuOied,  the  one  September  27,  the  other  Sep- 


EAULY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  23 

tenil).  30.  IGGO  |  —  |  By  Mr.  Samuel  Mather,  Teacher  to  a  |  Chui-ch  of 
Christ  in  Dublin  hi  Ireland.  |  —  |  [Eight  lines  from  1  Sam.  v.  3,  4.] 
No  imprint.      r2mo.     pp.  (6),  75. 

Titlcpage,  surrounded  by  two  border  lines,  verso  blank  ;  4  ))p.  "  To  the 
I  Reader,"  signed  l)y  ''  M.  I."  [Increase  Mather],  headpiece  a  line  of  border 
pieces,  a  rule,  and  a  line  of  similar  pieces  inverted,  has  a  list  of  "Errata" 
at  the  end,  five  lines;  1-75,  "A  |  Testimony  |  from  Scripture  against  Idol- 
atry, &  Superstition.  |  The  First  Sermon  witnessing  in  General  again.st  all 
the  Idols,  and  |  Inventions  of  men  in  the  Worship  of  God,"  has  two  lines  of 
border  j)ieces  in  tlie  headpiece,  the  lower  one  inverted,  running  headlines  ; 
last  i»age  blank. 

Across  the  middle  of  the  titlepage  is  written,  "  Jo.  Baily's 
Booke.     Boston  in  N.  E.  March  5.  8|." 

Dr.  Haven  says  that  this  pamphlet  was  printed  at  Cam- 
bridge, and  he  refers  the  date  of  publication  to  the  year  1670. 
Prince  says :  "  M''  B  Green  tells  me,  This  was  Printed  at  Cam- 
bridg  by  his  Father's  Letter,  before  He  can  Eeinember ;  He 
supposes  between  1072  &  1680."  The  word  "Letter"  is  used 
here  in  the  sense  of  type. 


Viris  Authoritate  Praecipuis,  Prudentia  ('eleberrimis  | 

(  Ricliardo  Bellin<rliamo  \  Confoederatariim  ^  Masathuset.    \ 
Veuerandis  <  lohanni  Winthropo       >       X.  Aiigliae       >  Connecticut.   >  Primatibus. 

'  Thomae  Prhicaeo  )       Coloniarum       )  Plimouthen.    ) 

Una  cum  omnibus  in  Regimine  Politico  in  singulis  Cohmiis  probe  con- 
stitutis.  I  Nee  minus  Reverendis  Reipublicae  nostrae  Ecclesiasticae  Rec- 
toribus,  Sacrorum  Mystagogis,  quibuscunq  ;  etiam  exiguis  nostrae  | 
Academiae  coeptis  benigne  annuentibus,  Artibus  Scientiisq  :  liberalibus 
TToXvfiddea-is  &  (f)ikofi(id((Tis  \  Vobis,  ut  Literarum  Patronis,  Theses  hasce 
submissi  quas  (aspirante  Deo)  sub  tutela  Caroli  Chauncaei  SS.  Theol. 
Bac.  I  Collegii  Ilarvardini  Praesidis,  propugnandas  suscepimus  Juvenes 
in  Artibus  Tyrones.  | 

,  ^^°       Nathaniel  Higginson.        ,     'f*^     Thomas  Clark.  )  rhnrripri 

'^°"'«'-  Ammi-RuhamahCorlett.   ^':''^'''   Georgius  liurrough.  j  l^^*-  ^'Q]  ''eTe 
_pieees.J  Lpieces.J         <=  o  ^_  jjici,c._| 

Imprint  at  foot  of  page]  Cantabriiiiae  Nov-Angliae  die  nono  Sextilis 
Anno  M.DC.LXX.     Broadside.     Foli... 

In  two  columns;  first  ctdumn,  "  Theses  Techntdogicae "  in  seven  sub- 
jects, "  Logicae  "  in  seventeen,  and  "  Grammaticae  "  in  eight;  second  column, 
"Theses  Rhetoricae  "  in  six  subjects,  "  Matiiematicae  "  in  eight,  "  Phy- 
sicae  "  in  seven,  and  "  Ethicae  "  in  eleven.  A  row  of  border  pieces  separates 
the  columns,  and  the  broadside  is  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces  of 
a  larsrer  size. 


24  EARLY    AMERICAN    IMIMMNTS. 


167I. 

A  brief  |  Rccuguitioii  |  of  |  New-Englands  |  Erraml  |  into  tlif  |  Wilderness  ; 

I  Made  in  the  Audience  of  the  General  Assemhly  of  the  |  Massaehu- 

sets  Colony,  at  Ht«ston  in  N.  E.  on  the  |  U'**  of  the  tliird  Mouetli,  10.70. 

being  the  |  Day  of  Election  |  there.  |  —  |  Hy  Samuel  Daiiforth,  Pastor 

of  the  Church  «>f  |  Christ  in  Roxbnry  in  N.  E.  |  —  |  [Eii,'ht  lines  from 

Jer.  ii.  2,  3,  4]  |  —  ||  Cambridge:    Printed  by  S.  (i.  and  M.  J.     1G71. 

12mo.     pp.  (4),  23. 

Titlei)age  watiting ;  4  |)p.  "Christian  Reader,"  signed  "Thomas  Shep- 

ard  "  [of  Charlestown],  head))iece  a  line  of  border  pieces,  a  rule,  and  a  line  of 

similar  pieces  inverted;    1-23,  "A  Brief  |  Recognition  \  of  |  New-Englands 

Errand  into  the  |  Wilderness";  line  of  erratii  at  end  of  page  2.3;  running 

headlines. 

This  title  is  taken  from  a  copy  in  the  Piinco  Library. 

Nehemiah  j  on  the  |  Wall  |  in   |  Troublesom  Times;  |  Or,  |  a   Serious   and 
Seasonable  Improvi-meut  of  that  great  |  Examjdc  of  Magistratical  Piety 
and  Prudence,   S(df-denial  |  and  Tenderness,   Fearlesness  and   Fidelity, 
unto    In-  I  struction    and    Encouragement   of  present   and  |  succeeding 
Rulers  in  our  Israel.  |  As  it  was  delivered  in  a  Sermon  Preached  at  | 
Boston  in  N.  E.  May  l.'».  16G7.  being  the  |  Day  of  Election  |  there.  |  —  | 
By  that  faithful  Servant  of  Clirist,  ]  Mr.  Jonathan  Mitchel,  late  Pastor 
of  I  the  Church  of  Christ  at  Cambridge.  |  —  |  I'l'lircc  lines  from  Psalms 
Ixxviii.  70-72;  two  lines  from  Joshua  vii.  10;   three  lines  from   Isaiah 
xxxii.    1,   2]  I  —  II  Cambridge:  |  Printed   by   S.   G.    and    M.   J.    UmI. 
12mo.      pp.  (1),  .'{4.     [Four  copies.] 
Titlepaire,  surrounded  by  two  border  lines,  vcrsn  iilaidi  ;   '_'  pp.  "  Christian 
Reader,"  sifjneil  "J.  S."  [.loim  Slicrman],  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces, 
a  rule,    and   a    line  of   similar  inverted    pieces;    1-34,    "At    the    Election 
at   Boston,    I    May   15.    1007,"    headpiece   a  line  of  border  pieces;  running 
headlines. 

( )n  the  tithipaoe  of  one  copy  is  written  "  Nat  P.arnes  ;  "  on  that 
<jf  another,  "  Thomas  Ko.xcroft ;  "  ami  011  that  of  the  third,  "  Jo. 
liaily's  Hooke  Dec.  8.  84." 

A   I   Phitfoiii,  ri.iiicli  Dix-ipline  |  (iathered  out  of  the  |  Wind  ot  God  ;  | 

\iid  Agreed  u|Hin  |  l»y  the  Elders  and  Messengers  of  the  ChnrcheH  |  As- 
M-iiibled  in  the  I  Synod  |  at  Cambriilge  in  N.  E.  |  To  be  presented  to 
till*  ChnrcheH  and  (ii-neral  Court  for  their  Conside-  |  ration  and  .\ccept- 
ancn  in  the  I/ord,  tlie  M'»»  Month,  Anno  161!».  |  —  |  (One  line  from 
pHabuH  Ixxxiv.  1;  two  linen  from  Psalms  xxvi.  8;  three  lines  from 
xxvii.  4.)  I  —  H  Cambridye  :  Printed  by  .Marmadnke  jMlm^on  1<;71. 
I'iino.      pp.  fl2),  33,  (t).  • 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  25 

Titlepage,  verso  blank;  10  pp.  "The  Preface,"  has  ruuniiig  headlines; 
1-33,  text,  various  headlines;  1  p.  blank;  1  p.  ''A  Table  of  the  Con- 
tents of  the  Cliapters  in  this  |  IMatft)rin  of  Church- Discipline ;   1  p.  blank. 

A  Serious  |  Exhortation  |  to  the  |  Present  and  Succeeding  |  Generation  |  in  | 
New-England  ;  |  earnestly  calling  ujxm  all  to  Endeavour  that  the  Lords 
I  Gracious  Presence  may  be  continued  with  Posterity.  |  Being  the  Sub- 
stance of  the  I  Last  Sermons  |  Preached  |  —  |  By  Eleazor  Mather,  late 
Pastor  of  the  Church  in  |  Northampton  in  Nwv-England  |  —  |  [Five 
lines  from  Judges  ii.  10,  17;  five  lines  from  Psalms  Ixxviii.  3,  4,  5.] 
■  I  —  II  Cambridge:  Printed  by  S.  G.  and  M.J.  1671.  12mo.  pp. 
(3),  31. 

Titlepage  wanting;  3  pp.  "To  the  Church  and  Inhabitants  of  North- 
ampton in  N.  E.,"  signed  "Increase  Mather,"  and  dated  "  From  my  Study 
in  Boston  |  in  N.  E.  1.  1.  1671,"  running  headlines,  first  two  pages  want- 
ing; 1  p.  blank;  1-31,"  A  Word  |  to  the  |  Present  and  Succeeding  Genera- 
tion I  in  I  New-England,"  running  headlines  ;  last  page  blank. 

At  the  bottom  of  page  31  appear  the  words,  "Reader,  The  Author  had 
intended  another  Sermon  by  way  of  Direction  to  |  those  of  the  Rising  Gen- 
eration, to  shew  them  what  course  they  must  take,  that  so  |  the  Lords  gra- 
cious Presence  may  be  successively  continued.  But  here  God  took  him,  thus 
I  serving  his  Generation,  who  are  by  reason  of  the  Authors  death  deprived 
of  the  bene-  |  fit  of  those  Meditati(m8." 

Eleazar  Mather  died  on  July  24,  1669.  This  title  is  taken 
from  a  copy  in  the  John  A.  Lewis  collection  belonging  to  the 
Boston  Public  Library ;  and  for  an  account  of  the  author,  see 
Sibley's  Harvard  Graduates  (I.  405-409). 


1672. 

The  I  Book  of  the  General  |  Laws  |  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Jurisdiction  of  | 
New=Plimouth  ;  |  Ccdlected  out  of  the  Records  of  the  |  General  Court  | 
and  lately  revised,  and  with  some  Emendations  and  Additions,  Estab- 
lished I  and  Dis]ios(!d  into  such  Order  as  they  may  readily  conduce  to 
ge-  I  neral  use  and  benefit,  |  and  published  by  the  Authority  of  the  Gen- 
eral Court  for  that  |  Jurisdiction,  held  at  Plimouth,  the  sixth  of  June, 
Anno  Doni.  1671.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  from  1  Peter  ii.  13.]  |  —  ||  Cam- 
bridge: I  Printed  By  Samuel  Green  1672.     4to.     ]>p.  5-47,  (8). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  two  border  lines,  verso  blank;  (3-4),  "To  our 
Beloved  Brethren  and  Neighbours,  the  Inhabitants  of  |  the  Jurisdiction  of  | 
New=Plimouth  ;  |  the  Governour,  Assistants,  and  Deputies  Assembled  at 
the  General  Court  |  of  that  Jurisdiction,  held  at  the  Town  of  Plimovth,  the 
I  first  day  of  June,  Anno  Dom.  1671.  |  Wisheth  Grace  and  Peace  in  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,"  signed  "Nathaniel  Morton  Seer.";  5-47,  text,  pages 
1-4  wanting;  list  of  "  Errata"  at  the  end,  four  lines  ;  1  p.  blank;  8  pp. 
"The  I  Table":   nmniuij;  lioadlines. 


26  EAKLV    AMKKICAN    IMl'iaNTS. 

The   Gi'iuTiil   I    Liiws  |  ami  |  Libortios  |  of  the  |  Massachusots  |  Colony:    | 
Kevisi'tl  &.  Ke-priiito<l.  |  Hy  (.hiler  of  tlie  Gennal  Court  Ilolden  at  IJos- 
ton,  I  May  15th.   K572.  |  E<l\vanl  Hawsoii  Seer.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  fmni 
lioiu.   xiii.  2.]  I  —  II  Camhridi;!'  |  Printed  by  Samuel   Green,    for  John 
Vsher  of  Boston.  |  ltJ7-_'.       Jto.      ]^\^.  (•_'),  17(1,  (27).      [Two  copies.] 

Titlepaire,  siirronntliMl  by  two  bonit-r  liiu'S,  verso  lilank;  1-170.  "The 
Generall  |  Laws  |  of  the  Massachvsets  j  Colony,  |  revisttl  and  publislied,  by 
I  Order  of  the  |  General  Court  |  in  Oct«d)er  IGoS,"  has  various  lu-adlines  ; 
list  of  *'  Errata  "  at  the  bottom  of  paye  17(i,  ten  lines  ;  1  p.  blank  ;  27  pp. 
"  A  Summary  of  the  Laws  foregoinjLT  Alpiiabctieally  |  Diijested,  |  Wherein  1'. 
Btandeth  for  Page,  and  S.  for  Seetion;  |  for  the  riglit  Improvement  whereof, 
the  Reader  must  supply  the  figures  of  some  |  Seeti()ns  in  the  Laws,  where 
they  are  omitted  ";  rumiinir  headlines  ;  la.st  ]iage  blank. 


Several  Laws  and  Onlers  made  at  the  |  (Jeneial  Coint,  |  Ibdden  at  lioston 
the  LOth.  of  May  |  1«72.  |  And  Printed  by  tlieir  Order.  |  Edward  Kaw- 
sou  Seer.     No  titlepage.     4to.     ])p.  G.     [Two  copies.] 

Pages  l-<;,  text  :  various  headlines. 

Thi.s  is  Iwniiul  iiji  Nviili  'The  General  Laws,"  1672,  and  is  fol- 
lowed in  one  copy  l)y  "  Several  Laws,"  167.'^i,  with  continuous 
paging. 

1673-      . 

The  I  Jiook  <if  tlie  (ienerai  j  I^aws  |  for  tlie  People  witiiin  tlie  .1  vrisdii-tion  of 
I  Conectieut:  j  Collecteil  out  of  tlie  Kecords  of  the  j  (Jeneral  Court,  | 
lately  Uevised,  and  with  some  Emendations  and  .Additions  Established 
and  I'lib-  j  li.shed  by  Authority  of  the  (Jeneral  Court  of  Coiieetieiit,  | 
holden  at  Hartford  in  Octoln-r,  1»!72  |  [Cut  of  the  ('(donial  arms.] 
I  —  I  [Five  lines  from  Uom.  xiii.  1,  2.]  |  —  ||  Cambridge:  Printed  by 
Samuel  (J reen.  I(i7.;.      tin.      pp.  (I),  71,  (-1). 

Tith-paue,  ."urmunded  by  a  bonier  Viuv,  rrrso  Idank  ;  2  pj).  "To  our  IJe- 
loved  Brethren  and  Neighbonrs,  the  |  Inhabitants  of  the  Colony  of  Coni-eti- 
pul,  I  the  (ienerai  Covrt  of  that  (Vdony  |  wish  (Jrace  and  Peaee  in  our  Lord 
.IcHVM,"  Higned  "John  Allin.  Seerl,"  has  a  large  ornamental  headpiece;  1-71, 
"The  (ienerai  |  LawH  |  and  |  Liberties  of  |  Conecticvt  Colonic:  j  Kevised 
and  PubliMhed  by  Order  of  the  |  (ienerai  Covrt  |  h«dd  at  llarlfonl,  in  October 
I«i72,''  ha«  a  larir*'  ornamental  head|iiii'e  ditfereul  from  the  first  ;  part  of  page 
71  and 'I  |>p.  "An  Alphabetical  Table,  Shewing  the  (Jeneral  Titles  and  | 
Ileadn  of  tluH  Book  of  Luvvn"  ;   last  pai^e  blank  ;   running  headlines. 


Eyt'-Salve,  I  or    a  |  Watch  Word  |    From   our   Lord    lesus  Chrisi    unto    his 
ChiirelieM:  |  K»«|>ecially   ihosr-  within   the  Colony  of  the   Massachusets  | 
in   New-KliKlniwl,    |  to  take  heed   of    ApoMlacy  ;  |   Or.  j  A    Treatise    (»f 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  27 

Remembrance  of  what  G<nl  hath  hceu  to  us,  as  also  |  what  we  ought,  | 

and  what  we  ought  not  to  be  to  him,  as  we  de-  |  sire  the  prolonging  of 

our  Prosjjerous  Dayes  in  the  Land  which  |  the  Lord  our  God  hath  given 

us.  I  —  I  ]?y   Thomas  Shepard,  Teacher  of  the  Church  of  Christ  in  | 

Charlstown;  |  Who  was  appointed  by  the  Magistrates,  to  Preach  on  the 

day   of  I  Election  |  at    Boston,   May    15.    1672.  |  —  |  [Five   lines   from 

Deut.  viii.  "  10,  «fec.";  five  lines  from  chap.  v.  32,  33.]  |  —  ||  Cambridge 

Printed  by  Samnel  Green.     1C73.     12nio.     pp.  (4),  ^2.     [Two  copies.] 

m-.i  ^  ^  4.      ■        1    <<T  4.       S  John    Sherman. 

Titlepage,    verso,    statement    signed    "  Imprnnatur  Wt.-,       qi       „    ; 

2  pp.  "Christian  Reader,"  signed  "Thomas  Thacher " ;    1-52,  text;   list 
of  "  Errata  "  at  the  bottom  of  page  52,  eight  lines. 

On  the  titlepage  of  one  copy  is  written,  "  Jo.  Baily's  Booke 
Dec.  22.  84.  in  N.  E." 


New-England  Freemen  |  Warned  and  Warmed,  |  to  be  Free  indeed,  having 
an  Eye  |  to  God  in  their  Elections :  |  In  a  Sermon  Preached  |  before  the 
Court  of  I  Election  |  at  Boston,  on  the  last  Day  of  |  May,  1671.  |  —  | 
By  J.  0.  [John  Oxenbridge]  Pastour  of  the  first  Church  |  in  Boston. 
I  —  I  Published  by  Order  of  |  the  General  Court.  |  —  ||  Printed  in  the 
Year.  1673.     16mo.     pp.  (6),  48. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  those  at  the  top  and 
bottom  of  the  acorn  pattern,  verso  blank  ;  4  pp.  "  Christian  Reader,"  running 
headlines;  1-48,  te.xt,  headpiece  composed  of  two  lines  of  aconi-shaped 
border  pieces,  the  lower  line  inverted;  "  Finis"  is  printed  between  two  lines 
of  acorn-shaped  bt)rder  pieces. 

At  the  end  are  three  lines  in  short-hand  which  even  Mr. 
iTpham's  skill  cannot  make  out,  as  appears  by  the  following 
note  :  — 

Newtonville,  Mass.,  Feb.  7,  1895. 
Dr.  Samuel  A.  Green,  Librarian. 

Dear  Sir,  —  The  few  short-hand  characters  at  the  end  of  the  Election 
Serm<m,  May,  1671,  which  you  pointed  out  to  me,  have  defied  my  efibrts  to 
decii>her  them. 

There  is  apparently  a  date,  viz.,  "  29.  5.  67  :  "  also  "  1692"  or  "  1672." 
These  with  a  few  words  in  short-hand  characters  are  surrounded  by  a  dark 
line.  Against  this  is  written  "  N.  Clap  :  "  followed  by  a  few  characters. 
I  have  tried  all  the  systems  of  short-hand  writing  with  which  I  am  ac- 
quainted, but  can  make  no  sense  of  it. 

I  think  this  is  the  first  time  I  have  ever  totally  failed  to  find  some  clew  to  a 
short-hand  manuscript.   If  there  was  more  of  it,  I  n)ight  have  a  better  chance. 

Very  truly  yours, 

William  P.  Upha.m. 


28  KAllLV    AMKKICAN     IMl'lUNTS. 

New-Kiiglaiul  |  PloatU'd  with,  |  and  jin^ssoil  ti»  consider  the  things  which  | 
oi>nct'rn  her  |  Peace  |  at  least  in  this  her  Day :  |  Or,  |  a  Seasonable  and 
Scri'Mis  Word  of  faithful  Advice  to  the  Chnrches  |  and  People  of  God 
(|iriinarily  those)  in  the  Massacluisets  Tohmy  ;  |  niusintrly  to  Ponder, 
and  bethink  themselves,  what  is  the  Tendency,  |  and  will  certainly  bo 
the  sad  Issne,  of  snndry  nnchristian  and  crooked  |  wayes,  «hich  too  too 
[.sic]  many  have  been  turning  aside  unto,  if  j)ersisted  |  and  gone  on  in. 
I  Delivered  in  a  Sermon  Preached  at  Boston  in  New-England,  |  May. 
7.  1G73.  being  the  Day  of  Election  there.  |  —  |  By  Vrian  Oakes  Pastor 
of  the  Church  of  Christ  in  Cambriilge.  |  —  |  [Four  lines  from  Micah  vi. 
."},  4:  five  lines  from  Deut.  xxviii.  .58,  5!t ;  two  lines  from  Ezek.  xviii. 
30.]  I  —  I  Cambridge,  Printe<l  by  Samurl  On-en  HiT.'J.  li'mo.  |.|). 
(6),  64.     [Two  cupies.] 

Titlepage,  rerso  blank;  4  ]>\>.  "Christian  Reader,"  signed  "John  SIht- 
inan"  and  "Thomas  Shepard,"  headpiece  of  two  lines  of  border  pieces,  the 
lower  line  of  fine  pieces,  running  headlines  ;  1-G4,  text;  list  of  "  Errata"  at 
the  bottom  of  page  C4,  four  lines. 

In  the  margin  at  the  iMiltimi  of  the  titlepage  of  one  copy  is 
written  "  Nat  Barnes." 


Several  Laws  and  r)rd<rs  made  at  the  |  General  Court,  |  the  Stli.  nf  October 

1072.  I  As  also  |  Several  Laws  and  Orders  made  at  the  |  General  Coinls, 

I  holdcn  at  Boston  the  "th.  of  May  and   l.')th.  of  |  October,  167.1.  |  And 

])rinted    by  their  Order.  |  Edward    Kawsun   Seer.     No   titlt|ia<;t'.      4to. 

pp.  7-12. 

Pages  7-12,  text;   various  headlines;  f«dlows  "Several  Laws"  in  1G72. 


Wo  to  Drunkards.  |  —  |  Two  |  Sermons  |  Testifying  again.st  the  Sin  of  | 
Drunkenness:  |  Whtirein  the  Wofnlne.ss  of  that  Evil,  and  the  Misery  of 
ail  I  tliat  are  addicted  to  it,  is  discovered  from  the  |  Word  of  (Jod.  |  —  | 
Preached  by  Increase  .Mather,  Teacher  of  |  a  Church  in  Ibiston  in  New- 
England.  I  —  I  [Four  lines  from  l.saiah  v.  11,  22;  two  lines  from  Pmv. 
xxiii.  29,  30;  two  lines  from  Hah.  ii.  l.'i;  two  lines  from  1  Cor.  vi.  lO.J 
I  —  II  Cambriilge:  |  Printed  by  .M.irmadukc  .)ohnsi>n.  1673.  |  And 
Hold  by  Kdiiiiind  Hanger  JbioKhjiidcr  in   Ho^tnii.      I -.'mo.      pp.  (  t),  .'M. 

Titlepaye  surrounded  by  a  wiile  bordi-r  line,  virsn  blank;  2  pj).  "To  the 
Header,"  Higned   "  Increase   Mather,"  and  dated  at    "  Boston,   Octob.    30.  | 
1673,"  cjitchword   "Wo"   lietween    two   linc^a  of  line   ln'idi  r    pieces;     1-31, 
"  Wo  t<»  Druiikanl.","  pji.  3.'<-3H  wanting. 

Tlii.s  IH  the  lirsL  tiljc  in  ;i  voliinie  wliicli  ii.is  mi  ;i  lly-lfiit'  al 
the  beginning,  "Hannah  Arnold  llai  ImmiU  iKiiiiiuliriar  '20  in 
the  year  1707." 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  29 


1674. 

1C74.  I  —  I  All  I  Almanack.  |  Of  |  Coelestial  Motions  viz.  of  the  Sun  and  | 
Planets,  with  some  of  their  Principal  |  Aspects,  for  the  Year  of  the  | 
Christian  ^ra  |  1674  |  Being  (in  our  account)  third  after  Leap  |  Year, 
and  from  the  Creation  5623.  |  The  Vulgar  Notes  whereof  are  | 
Cycle  of  the  Moon     03  W  Cycle  of  y<--  Sun        03 
Roman  Indiction        12^  ->  Epact.  03 

Dominic.  Letter  I))    vNumh.  Direction     2!) 

Calculated  for  the  Longitude  of  315.  gr.  j  and  42.  gr.  30.  m.  North  Lati- 
tude I  —  I  [Four  lines  from  Gen.  i.  14;  one  line  of  Latin.]  |  —  |  Com- 
piled hy  J.  S.  I  —  II  Cambridge:  |  Printed  by  Samuel  Green.  1674. 
16mo.     pp.  (16). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  the  sides  of  the  acorn 
pattern,  verso,  about  eclipses,  followed  by  "  Earths  and  Suns  imgress  into 
the  four  Cardinal  points,"  and  "  Scheme  Coeleste  ad  Solis  ingressum  in 
Arietem." ;  12  pj).  ]Marc]i  to  February  ;  2  pp.  "  A  Postscript  to  the  preceding 
Kalendar." 

The  author  of  this  ahnauac  was  the  Eeverend  John  Sherman, 
of  Watertown,  a  Fellow  of  Harvard  College. 


David  serving  his  Generation,  |  or  |  a  Discovrse  |  Wherein  is  shewed  that 
the  great  Care  and  j  Endeavour  of  every  Christian  ought  |  to  be,  that 
he  may  be  Serviceable  |  unto  God  and  to  the  present  |  Generation,  |  De- 
livered in  a  I  Sermon  |  Preached  to  the  General  Court  of  the  Co-  |  lony 
of  New-Plimouth  in  NcM'-England  on  the  3d.  |  Day  of  June  16  74. 
Being  the  Day  of  Election  |  there,  j  —  |  By  Samvel  Arnold  Teacher  of 
the  Church  |  of  Christ  at  Marshfield  in  New  England.  |  —  |  [Two  lines 
from  John  xvii.  4;  two  lines  from  1  Cor.  xii.  7;  two  lines  from  Pliil.  i. 

„,  ^^       f  i>         ■•     1(1  1  I        IT        •      *      S ''"'"i   Oxenbridtje. 

21:    one  ime  from    i\ev.   n.    II'.       —     Iniijnmatur  <  .  ,,     ,  "" 

^  '         '        '  ^  Increase   Mather. 

I  —  II  Cambridge,  Printed  by  Samuel  Green.    1674.    Timo.    pp.  (4),  18. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  the  side  ones  of  the 
acorn  pattern,  verso  blank;  2  pp.  "To  the  Reader,"  signed  "Thomas 
Walley"  and   "Thomas  Thaclier  "  ;   1-18,  text. 

On  tlie  titlepage  in  an  early  handwriting  appear  the  signatures, 
"Johannes  Cotton"  and  "Kowland  Cotton." 


An  I  Exhortation  |  unto  |  Reformation,  |  Amplified,  |  by  a  Discourse  con- 
cerning the  Parts  and  Progress  of  that  |  Work,  according  to  the  Word 
of  God.  I  Delivered  in  a  Sermon  Preached  in  the  Audience  of  |  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  of  the  Ma.ssachusets  C(dony,  I  at  Boston  in  New-England, 
May  27  16  74.  |  Being  tlie  |  Day  of  Election  j  there.  |  —  |  By  Samvel 

4 


oO  EARLY    AMEHICAN    IMPRINTS. 

Torrey,  I'ast-.r  ui  ihi-  Churcli  of  j  Christ  in  Wayniouth.  |  —  |  [Two 
lines  from  Isiiiali  xxx.  15  ;  three  lines  from  verse  18;  two  lines  from  Jer. 
iii.  22;  one  line  from  Kev.  ii.  7.j  |  —  ||  Cambritlye:  Printed  by  Marma- 
duke  Johnson.     1(^74.      12mo.     pp.  (8),  44.     [Two  copies.] 

Leaf  at  beginning  wanting,  which  contains  on  the  va'so  "  At  tlie  General 
Court  held  at  Hoston,  May  27,  1074,"  an  Order  thanking  the  author  and  re- 
questint,'  publication  ;  titlepage,  surrounded  by  two  border  lines,  verso  blank  ; 
6  pp.  "To  the  Keailer,"  signeil  "Increase  Mather."  and  dated  at  '•  Boston, 
N.  E.  1  20.  5,  1674,"  headi)iece  a  line  of  tine  border  |>ieces,  a  rule,  and  a  line 
of  similar  inverted  pieces;    1-44.  "An  |  Exhortation  unto  Kcforiuatiou." 

On  tlu'  titlepage  of  one  coi'V  is  Nvritlcii,  "Jo.  liaily's  Book, 
N.  E.  March.  10.  8^.  6'^"  ;  and  on  tliat  of  the  otlier,  near  the  top, 
"  Jabez  Fux.     His  liook,"  hoth  autugrajth  .signatnres. 


An  Iliily  Connexion,  |  or  h  true  |  Agreement  |  between  .Idiovalis  being  a 
Wall  of  I  Fire  to  his  People,  and  the  Glory  |  in  the  midst  tiiereof:  | 
Or  a  Wonl  in  Season  to  stir  up  to  a  solemn  Acknowledgement  of  |  the 
gracious  Protection  of  God  over  his  People;  an<l  |  especially  to  a  Holy 
Care  that  the  Presence  of  |  God  may  yet  be  continued  with  us.  |  As  it 
was  delivered  in  a  |  Sermon  |  preached  at  Hartford  on  Conecticut  in 
X.  E.  May  14.  1074.  |  being  the  Day  of  Election  tliere:  |  —  |  By  .laim-s 
Fitch,  Pastor  of  the  Church  of  Christ  |  in  Norwich.  |  —  |  [Tiiree  lines 
from  Exod.  xxxiii.  1.'),  16;  five  lines  from  1  Kings  viii.  57,  .'jS  ;  three 
lines  from  Neh.  ix.  10;  three  lines  from  Isaiah  iv.  5.]  |  —  ||  Cambridge: 
I  Printed  by  Samuel  Green.      H;74.      12mo.     pp.  (4),  20. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  i>f  border  pieces,  line  at  the  top  and  bot- 
tom and  acorn-shaped  on  the  sides,  verso,  "  At  a  Court  of  Election  held  at 
Hartford  |  .May  14lh.  1674,"  an  Order  of  the  Court  thanking  Mr.  Fitch,  and 
asking  for  a  copy  of  the  Sermon  to  be  printed,  signed  "  .lolm  ,\llyn  Seer.," 
border  lim-  above  ami  one  below  inverted  ;  2  pp.  "Christian  Header,"  signed 
".John  Whiting"  atid  "  .lo.seph  Haines,"  a  portion  of  this  leaf  torn  olf; 
1-2",  text;   last  two  leaves  of  signature  missing  f 

Tliis  i.s  the  lirst  electinn  .'^(tmioh  in  (he  ( '(uiiifcticiit  ('ninny 
thill  Wiis  )>rint«'(l.  In  Dr.  Havcn'.s  list  the  lirst  line  (tf  I  hi'  title- 
page  i.s  given  inaccurately  a.s  "  Holy  Coininunion." 


Sovcral  |  I.,uwn  and  Orders  |  nnule  at  th<'  |  ( Jemral  Court.  |  iloM.n  at  Hosfon 
ihfl  twenty   Mcveiith   of  May   |    1674.  |  Ami    Printeil   by   tlnir   Onlrr,  | 
Edwunl  KawHon  Secret.      No  titlepage.     4to.     pp.  1  l[i;il    I.'). 

Piiljm  1 1  [13]-15,  t«xl ;  liJU'  variouH  headlines ;   last  page  blank;  follows 
"Soveral   Laws,"  167.1,  consecutive  pitging. 


EARLY    AMKRICAN    IMPRINTS.  31 

Several   Laws  ami   Orders  made  at  the  |  Second  Sessions  of  the  |  General 
C'lHirt,  I  held  at  Boston  in  New  England  the  |  Seventh  of  October  1674 
I  And  j)rinted  by  tlieir   Order  |  Edward   Rawson   Seer.     No  titlepage. 
4to.     pp.  17-18. 

First  l)age  blank;  17,  18,  text;  various  headlines;  last  page  blank;  fol- 
lows the  last  title. 

The  Vncon<ivcral)lt',  |  all-conqvering,  |  &  |  more-then-conqvering  |  Soul- 
dier:  |  Oi',  |  the  successful  Warre  which  a  Be-  |  liever  Wageth  with  the 
Enemies  of  his  Soul  :  |  i^s  also  the  Absolute  and  Unjiaralleld  Victory 
tliat  ho  ob-  I  tains  finally  over  them  through  the  love  of  God  in  Jesus 
Christ.  I  As  it  was  Discoursed  in  a  |  Sermon  |  preached  at  Boston  in 
New-England,  on  the  Day  of  the  |  Artillery-Election  there,  |  June  3d. 
1672.  I  —  I  By  Vrian  Oakes  Pastor  of  the  Church  of  Christ  in  Cam- 
bridge. I  —  I  [Two  lines  from  1  Cor.  ix.  26;  two  lines  from  Ephes. 
vi.  13;  two  lines  from  Kev.  xiii.  7;  two  lines  from  Rev.  xii.  11;  two 
lines  from  Psalms  cviii.  13.]  |  —  {|  Cambridge:  |  Printed  by  Samuel 
Green.  1674.      I'^nio.     pp.  (6), 40.      [Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  small  border  pieces,  fine  at  the  top  and 
bottom  and  acorn-shaped  at  the  sides,  verso  blank;  4  pp.  "  Christian  Reader," 
signed  "  Thomas  Shei)ard,''  headpiece  of  two  lines  of  border  jiieces,  the 
lower  one  inverted,  running  headlines  ;   1-40,  text. 

There  is  written  on  the  titlepage  of  one  copy,  "  Jo.  Baily's 
Book  March  21.  Si.  N.  E.  6''." 


1675- 

A  I  Discourse  |  Concerning  |  the  Subject  of  Baptisme  |  Wherein  the  present 
Controversies,  that  are  agitated  in  |  the  New  English  Chvrches  are  from 
I  Scripture  and  Reason  modestly  enquired  into  |  —  |  By  Increase 
Mather,  Teacher  of  a  Church  |  in  Boston  in  New-England.  |  — •  |  [Eight 
lines  from  Ezek.  xliii.  11 ;  two  lines  from  2  Cor.  xiii.  8;  one  line  from 
Eph.  iv.  15.]  I  —  I  [Six  lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Cambridge  |  Priuted  by 
Samuel  Green     1675.      TJino.      (4),  76. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  two  l)or(ler  lines,  verso  blank;  2  ]>]).  "Christian 
Reader,"  dated  at  the  end  "  Boston.  N.  E.  |  1.  of  2  M.  |  1675,"  has  head- 
piece of  three  parts,  line  of  fine  border  pieces,  rule,  and  line  of  border  pieces 
inverted,  headline  "  To  the  Reader"  over  both  pages;  1-76,  text,  marginal 
notes,  headpiece  of  four  lines,  line  of  acorn-shaped  pieces,  two  lines  of  tine 
pieces,  and  a  line  of  larger  pieces  inverted;  list  of  "  Errata"  at  the  foot  of 
page  76,  nine  lines  ;  has  running  headlines;  badly  trimmed  by  the  binder. 

The  I  First  Principles  |  of  |  New-England,  |  Concerning  |  the  Subject  of 
Baptisme  |  &  |  Communion  of  Churches.  |  Collected  partly  out  of  the 
Priuted  Books,  but  chiefly  1  out  of  the  Original  Manuscripts  of  the  First 


62  EARLY    AMKIJK'AN    IMPRINTS. 

anil  fliicif  I  FalliiTs  in  the  Ne\v-Ens;lis1i  Chiirohos;   With  tlio  Judy;-  | 
ineut  of  Siiuilry  LoiiriU'd  Divines  <»f  the  ('<inirreiratii>nal  |  Way  in  Knij- 
huiil,  Coneerninir  the  said  Questions.  |  J'uMislu-d  fur  the  Benefit  of  those 
wlioare  of  the  Kisini,' Gene-  |  ration  in  Ne\v-Kni:land.  |  —  |  Hy  Increase 
Matlier,  Teaeln-r  of  the  Church    |   in    Huston  in   New-Eniihind  |  —  | 
[Two  lines  from  Deut.  xxxii.  7;  one  line  from  Psalms  cii.  !><.]  |  —  \  [Two 
lines  of  Latin.]    |  —  ||  C'anihridge   |    I'rinttii  l»y  Samuel  (Jncn,   ll!7;"j. 
12u»o.     pp.  (8),  40,  7. 
Titlejmge,  surrounde<l   hy  a  line  of  tine  hurdir  |>icci's,  the  top  and  l>nt- 
tom  acorn-shaped,   verso   hlank;    <•   pp.  To   tiie    Header,   signed    "Increase 
Mathi-r,"  and  dated  "From  my  Study  in  |  Boston  N.  E.  1.  of  |  od  Monetli. 
1<;71 ,"  headpiece,  two  lines  of  tine  honler  |)ie<'es.   lower  one  inverted,   riilf 
hetWfi-n.   lieatUine  over  all   pai,a's  "To  the  Reader;"'  list   of  "Errata"   at 
bottom  of  last  page  <»f  preface,  six  lines  ;  1-40,  "  The  |  First  Principles  |  of  | 
New  England,  |  Concerning  the  Suhjoct  of  Baptism    |   ami  |  Communion  |  of 
I  Chvrches,"  headpiece  of  two  lines  of  acorn-shaped  horder  pieces,  lower  one 
inverted,  has  various  headlines,  and  line  of  Greek  at  the  end;   1-7,   "  Post- 
script." 1  ]).  letter  from  John  Allin,  of  Dedham,  C  \)\k  letter  from  Jonathan 
Mitchef,  dated  at  the  end  "  Camhridg.   Deceiiiher.  j  "-'G.    1(167";    last  page 
hlank  ;    hadly  trimmed  hy  the  hinder. 

The  Times  of  men  are  in  the  hand  |  of  God.  |  —  |  Gr  |  a  Sermon  |  occasioned 
by  that  awfull  Providence  which  iiapned  in  |  Boston  in  New-England, 
the  4"'  day  of  the  3''  |  Moneth  1<)7.').  (when  part  of  a  Vessel  was  blown 
up  in  I  the  Harbour,  and  nine  men  hurt,  and  three  mortally  |  wounded) 
wherein  is  .shewed  how  we  should  |  Siinetifie  the  dreaiifull  Name  of  (iod 

I   Jinder   such    awfull   |    l)is))ensations.    |  —  |    By    Increase    Mallier.   | 
Teacher  of  a    Church  of  Christ.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  from   .I<>1.   xxiii.  14; 
f«iur  lines  from  Mark  xiii.  3.'»,  ;{(!,  :57  ;    three  lines  from  EuUe  xiii.  4,  T).] 

1  —  II  Boston,  I  Printed  by  .l(din  Foster  l(i7;'».      r.'mo.      pp.  ((i),  '21. 

Titlepaye,  surroumieil  by  two  border  lines,  rrrso  blank  ;  1  pp.  "  To  the 
Reader,"  t*itrned  "Increase  Mallier,"  and  dated  at  "  Boston  '.'lli.  |  of  4th. 
.Moneth  I  l<>7.'i."  1-21,  text,  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces,  a  rub-,  and  a 
line  of  similar  inverted  pieces;  running  lu-adlines  ;  "Tibi  Domine"  at  the  end 
between  two  rules;    last  jtaye  blank;  leaf  missini;  at  begiiming  and  end. 

On  tin-  titlnpa^L*  i.s  wiillcn,  "  .lo.  l'>;iily'.s  IbMiko.  I'.dstiui  X.  K. 
March.  10'."  8J." 

1676. 

A  I  Brief  IliMory  |  of  the  |  VVarr  j  with  the  In.lians  in  j  Nevv-Eiiyland,  j 
(From  Juno  '21,  U;7.'»,  wlu-u  the  first  Eiit'lish-man  was  mur-  |  dered  by 
the  IndiauM,  to  AilgUHt  12  I(i7l>.  wlu-u  Pliilip,  alias  |  Metacomet,  the 
prineipal  Author  and  Ibuiuner  |  of  the  Warr,  was  slain.)  |  Wlien-in  the 
GroiMidH,  Beginning,  and  ProgrewM  of  tin- Warr,  |  is  smuunirily  expressed. 
I  Tiigether   with    11   wrioii»  j    Exhorlalion  j  to    the    InhaliilJiuts    of  ijial 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  33 

Land,  I  —  I  liy  Increase  Matlier,  Tcadior  of  a  Church  of  |  Christ,  in 
Boston  in  New-England.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  from  Levit.  xxvi.  25;  two 
lines  from  Psalms  cvii.  43;  one  line  from  Jer.  xxii.  15.]  |  —  |  [Three 
lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Boston,  Printed  and  Sold  by  John  Foster  over 
I  against  the  Sign  of  the  Dove.  1«76.  12mo.  pp.  (G),  .51,  8.  [Two 
copies.] 

Titk'iiage,  surrounded  hy  two  border  lines,  verso  blank  ;  4  pp.  "  To  tluf 
Reader,"  signed  ''Increase  Mather,"  headpiece  of  three  lines,  one  line  of  fine 
border  pieces,  a  rule,  and  line  of  similar  pieces;  1-51,  "A  Brief  |  Hh- 
tory  I  of  the  |  VVarre  |  with  the  Indians  in  |  New-England,"  line  of  Greek 
at  the  end  between  two  rules,  large  ornamental  headpiece  ;  1  p.  blank  ;  1-8, 
"Postscript,"  same  headpiece  as  at  the  beginning  of  the  Preface;  list  of 
"  Errata,"  five  lines,  at  the  foot  of  page  8;  running  headlines:  followed  by 
"  An  Earnest  Exhortation.'' 


An  Earnest  |  Exhortation  |  to  the  Inhabitants  of  |  New-England,  |  to 
heark<m  to  the  voice  of  God  |  in  his  late  and  present  |  Dispensations  | 
as  ever  they  desire  to  escape  another  Judgement,  seven  times  |  greater 
than  any  thing  which  as  yet  hath  been.  |  —  |  By  Increase  Mather ; 
Teacher  of  a  Church  |  in  Boston  in  New-England.  |  —  |  [Three  lines 
from  Lev.  xxvi.  23,  24  ;  two  lines  from  Jer.  xiii.  17  ;  three  lines  from 
1  Cor.  X.  11.]  I  —  II  Boston  |  Printed  by  John  Foster:  And  are  to  be 
Sold  over  against  I  the  Dove.    1676.    12mo.    pp.  (4),  26.    [Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  two  border  lines,  rej-so  blank  ;  2  ])p.  "To  the 
Reader,"  signed  "Increase  Mather,"  and  dated  at  "  Boston  N.  E.  j  26.  of 
5  m.  I  1676";  1-26,  "An  |  Exhortation  |  to  the  inhabitants  of  |  New- 
England,"  headpiece  in  three  lines,  line  of  fine  border  pieces,  a  rule,  and 
another  line  of  fine  pieces,  has  running  headlines;  list  of  "Errata,"  two 
lines,  at  the  foot  of  page  26 ;    last  leaf  missing. 

In  regard  to  the  London  Edition  (1677)  of  this  work,  Prince 
says :  "  This  is  s"*  at  ye  Bottom  of  ye  Title  Page,  to  b[e]  Printed 
according  to  ye  Original  Copy  Prin''  in  N  E.  1676.  &  in  ye  Title 
Page,  as  well  as  Preface,  v"^  is  mention  m*^  of  A  serious  Uxorta- 
tio7i  added,  w*^  seems  to  be  left  out  of  this  London-Edition." 


The  Happiness  of  a  People  |  in  the  Wisdome  of  their  Rulers  |  Directing  | 
and  in  the  Obedience  of  their  Brethren  |  Attending  |  unto  what  Israel 
ougho  [sic]  to  do:  |  recommended  in  a  |  Sermon  |  before  the  Honourable 
Governour  and  Council,  and  |  the  Respected  Deputies  of  the  Matta- 
chnsets  Colony  |  in  New-England.  |  Preached  at  Boston,  May  3d.  16  76. 
being  the  day  of  |  Election  there.  |  —  |  By  William  Hvbbard  Minister 
of  Ipswich.  I  —  I  [Two  lines  from  Exod.  xviii.  21;  one  line  from  Rom. 
xiii.  1  ;  two  lines  from  Psalms  xliv.  15.]  |  —  |  [Four  lines  of  Latin.] 
I  —  I  —  II  Boston,  Printed  by  Jolm  Foster.  1676.  12mo.  p|).  (S),  63. 
[Three  copies.] 


34  KAKLV    AMERICAN    IMI'KINTS. 

Titlcpam  .  ^tiiii.diuieil  by  tvv(»  honler  lines,  verso  blank;  5  pp.  "  To  the 
Honourable  ]  John  Lev»'ret  Esq:  |  Goveniour  of  the  Mattachusets  Colony,  | 
together  with  the  rest  of  the  Honourable  Council  of  Maicistrati's  |  of  the  said 
Colony,"  siirnetl  *' W.  H.,"  headline  ''The  Epistle  Dedicatory";  1  p.  ten 
lines  of  errata,  between  two  lines  of  tine  border  pieces;  !-(!;>.  text,  has  large 
onianiental  border  piece;  last  pairc  blank. 

Oil  the  tipper  inarj^iu  of  ilio  liilepage  of  one  eopy,  probably  in 
the  author's  hand,  is  written,  "  For  M'  Simon  Bradstreet  of  New- 
London." 


[Tlianksgiviiii;    I'ruclaniation,   l(!7t>,   prol)ably    printed    by    Samuel    Green, 
Cambridge.]     Broadside.     Folio. 

Cut  of  the  C<donial  Arms;  "At  a  |  Covncil,  |  Held  at  Charlestown, 
June  the  20th,  1<!76"  ;  the  Proclamation,  appointing  June  29,  speaks  of  the 
•'  lontr  and  Continued  Series  of  his  Afflictive  dispensations  in  &  by  the  pres- 
ent Warr  with  the  Heathen  Natives  of  this  l^and "  ;  of  Gotl's  "reserving 
many  of  our  Towns  from  Desolation  Threatned,  and  attempted  V>y  the  Enemy, 
and  uiving  us  especially  of  late  with  our  Confederates  many  signal  Advan- 
tages against  them";   signed  "  By  the  Council,  Edward  Kaw.sou  Seer." 

A  copy  of  the  proclamation  in  fac-simile,  reduced  in  size,  aji- 
]>ears  in  "A  Choral  Service  for  Thanksgiving"  (Boston,  1S91), 
])iiljlished  by  the  Congregational  Sunday  School  and  Bublishing 
!<oeiety,  but  ditt'ers  in  details  from  the  original,  as  the  photo- 
_;i;i].h  from  which  it  was  made  had  been  retouched.  Another 
(itpy,  in  e.xact  fac-simile,  is  given  in  the  Kev.  William  DcjLo.ss 
Love'.s  "  Fast  and  Thank.sgiving  Days  of  New  iMigland."  just 
jiiildished,  where  the  author  .says  that  it  is  "the  earliest  thanks- 
giving broadside  kimwii  "  (p.  200). 


1677. 

.\  I  Brief  Kule  I  to  guide  the  Common-I'eoph!  of  |  New-Eiiu'land  |  How  to 
order  them.HelveM  and  theirs  in  the  |  Small  I'ocks,  or  Mcasils.  [Im- 
print at  bottom  of  tin;  pago]  BoHton,  Printed  and  sold  by  .Inlm  ri»ler. 
1G77.      BroadMidu.      Folio. 

Arrange*!    in    two    columns,    signed    "  Tlmmas    Tliacher,"    and    dated 
"21.   II.  107J";    unrronnd.d   by  .1  b..rdir  line. 

This  broadside  is  the  "earliest  treatise  "m  a  ni»Mlii:il    ubjirt. 
jiublishfd  in  this  fountry,"  anil  is  supposed  tu  l»e  uniipie. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  35 

An  Elegie  |  upon  |  the  Death  of  the  Reverend  |  Mr.  Thonlas  Shepard,  |  late 
Teacher  of  the  Church  at  |  Charlstown  in  Xew-Eugland :  |  —  |  By  a 
great  Admirer  of  his  AVortli,  and  true  Mourner  for  |  his  Death.  |  —  | 
[Three  lines  from  Isaiah  Ivii.  1 ;  four  lines  from  Zech.  i.  5,  6;  three  lines 
from  Heb.  xiii.  7.]  |  —  ||  Cambridge,  |  Printed  by  Samuel  Green.  16  77. 
12mo.     pp.  16. 

Titlepage,  suiTOunded  by  a  wide  border  line,  verso,  "To  the  Reader,"  five 
stanzas;  3-16,  "An  Elegie  |  upon  that  Reverend,  Learned,  Eminently 
Pious,  and  Singularly  |  Accomplished  Divine,  my  ever  Honoured  Brother  | 
Mr.  Thomas  Shepard,  |  the  late  Faithful  and  Worthy  Teacher  of  the  Church 
of  Christ  I  at  Charlstown  in  New-England.  |  Who  finished  his  Course  on 
Earth,  and  went  to  receive  |  his  Crown,  December  22.  1677.  |  In  the  43d 
Year  of  his  Age,"  in  verse,  signed  on  page  16,  "  Vrian  Oakes." 

On  the  lower  part  of  the  titlepage  is  written  "  Nat  Barnes." 


Innocency's    Complaint  |  against  |  Tyrannical    Court  Faction  in  New  eng- 
land.     Broadside.     Folio. 

Two  columns  of  poetry,  signed  at  the  end  of  the  second  column,  "  George 
Joy,  Mariner.      1677." 

There  is  no  clew  as  to  the  place  of  imprint  of  this  broadside, 
but  without  much  doubt  it  was  either  Boston  or  Cambridge. 


A  1  Narrative  |  of  the  Troubles  with  the  |  Indians  |  in  New-England,  fi-om 
the  first  planting  thereof  in  the  |  year  1607.  to  this  present  year  1677. 
But  chiefiy  of  the  late  ]  Troubles  in  the  two  last  years  1675,  and  1676.  | 
To  which  is  added  a  Discourse  about  the  Warre  with  the  |  Pequods  ]  in 
the  year  1637.  |  —  |  By  W.  Hubbard,  Minister  of  Ipswich.  |  —  |  [Three 
lines  from  Exod.  xvii.  14  ;  two  lines  from  Numb.  xxi.  14  ;  one  line  from 
Prov.  XXV.  25.]  |  —  |  [Six  lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  |  Published  by  Authority. 
I —  II  Boston;  Printed  by  lohn  Foster,  in  the  year  1677.  12mo. 
pp.  (13),  132,  (7),  (6)-12,  88. 

first  page  blanli,  verso,  statement  signed  "  Simon  Bradstreet.  |  Daniel 
Denison.  |  Joseph  Dudley,"  and  dated  at  "  Boston,  March  29.  |  1677";  title- 
page,  i-ei'so  blank;  4  pp.  "To  the  Honourable  j  John  Leveret  Esq;  |  Gover- 
nourof  the  C(dony  of  the  Massachusets;  |  Josiah  VVinslowEsq.;  |  Governour 
of  the  Colony  of  Plimouth  ;  |  William  Leet  Esq ;  |  Governour  of  the 
Ccdony  of  Connecticut."  signed  "  William  Hubbard,"  and  dated  "  From  my 
Study  I  IGih.  12th.  |  1676  "  ;  2  pp.  "  An  Advertisement  to  the  Reader";  1  p. 
"  To  the  Reverend  Mr.  William  Hubbard  on  his  most  exact  |  History  of 
New-Englands  Troubles,"  signed  ''J.  S."  [John  Sherman];  2  pp.  "Upon  | 
the  elaborate  Survey  of  New-Euglands  Passions  from  the  |  Natives  |  By  the 
impartial  Pen  of  that  Worthy  Divine  |  Mr.  William  Hubbard,"  signed 
"  B.  T."  [Benjamin  Tompson]  ;  1  p.  "  The  Printer  to  the  Reader,"  and  list  of 
errata,  twenty-three  lines;  1-132,  "A  |  Narrative  j  of  the  |  Troubles  j  With 


3G  EARLY    AMKIMCAN     IMl'KlNTvS. 

the  IuiUhus  in  |  Ncvv-Eiii:l;in«i,  t'loin  tin-  first  IMautiiitr  tlioivof  to  the  present 
time  ";  "  Wine  Hills"  inap  wanting  ;  7  pp.  "  A  Table  sliewint;  the  Towns 
and  places  which  are  inhabited  by  |  the  English  in  New  Enirland  :"...; 
(»3)-ll,  "A  Postscript";  11-12,  "■  .  .  .  Articles  |  which  Philip  Sacheua  of 
Pankaniaket,  or  Mount-hope,  subscribed  in  the  |  year,  1G71  "  ;  1-88,  "  A  | 
Narrative  |  of  the  |  Troubles  |  witli  the  Indians  in  |  New-England,  |  from 
Pis«-ataqua  to  Pemmaipiid,"  list  of  "  Errata"  at  the  end  of  page  88,  thirteen 
lines;  running  headlines  in  all  parts  exce])ting  the  verses  at  the  beginning, 
the  Postscript,  and  tlie  part  folhiwing;  closely  trimmed  by  the  bin<ler. 

Mr.  Sibley,  in  his  Harvard  Gratluati's  (1.  61),  .says  that  the 
initials  "J.  S."  stand  probably  for  Jeremiah  Shepard,  a  graduate 
in  the  Class  of  1669;  and  some  years  ago  (November,  1888),  in 
some  remarks  before  this  Society  on  John  Foster's  Map  of  New^ 
England  (Proc.  2d  series,  IV.  199),  I  followed  Mr.  Sibley's  sup- 
])Osition.  Recently  I  have  seen  a  cojiy  of  this  edition  of  the 
Narrative  belonging  to  Mr.  Sumner  Hollingsworth,  of  Boston, 
which  contains  many  interesting  notes  in  the  handwriting  of 
the  Kev.  Edward  Taylor,  and  a  letter  from  him,  dated  at  "  West- 
field  15'!"  8"'  1679."  In  one  of  these  notes  it  is  said  that  the 
initials  "  J.  S."  stand  for  "John  Sherman  doubtless."  As  both 
Hubl)ard  and  Taylor  were  graduates  of  the  College,  and  both 
were  ministers,  they  undoubtedly  knew  each  other  well  ;  and 
for  that  reason  1  incline  to  tbe  oj)inion  tliat  Sherman  was  the 
writer  of  *the  verses.  The  letter  mentioned  above  is  atUlrcssed 
to  "  Reverend  &  Hon^f  Mr.  S!  Nicholas,  together  with  my  Hon':' 
&  Ticv'!'  Master  Mr.  Loseby  " ;  and  tliere  is  some  reason  ti>  tliiiik 
that  tliese  two  persons  were  the  Regicides  then  at  Hadley.  Mi-. 
Hr»llingsworth  has  in  his  library  two  copies  of  the  London  edition 
of  the  Narrative,  which  vary  in  souk'  slight  details. 

For  an  account  of  tlic  "Wine  Hills"  maj)  which  ajipeared  in 
the  lioston  edition,  see  Proceedings  (2d  series,  I  \'.  1 '.•'.» ),  ami  for 
one  of  the  "  White  Hills  "  maj.  (VI.  41 ).  It  is  i.rol.alde  that  the 
majt  ill  tin;  London  edition  was  plaetMl  at  the  beginning  of  the 
book. 


A  K(  I. ill-ill  I  <it  ilic  1  roubles  winch  have  liapiicd  in  |  Ni-w-Kiigiaml,  |  by  rea- 
.Miin  iif  till-  Indiana  there.  |  From  tin-  Year  Hill,  to  the  Year  Hi7.j.  |  —  | 
Wherein  the  fri'ipienl  CoUHpiracyew  of  the  Indians  tocnti  olfthe  |  English, 
and  iIm!  wonderfull   providence  of  (iud,  in  disappointing  |  tlieir  deviccH, 

iH  declared.  |  Together  with  an   Historical   Discnurs nicerning    |   the 

I'revaleucy  of  Prayer;  shewing  that   New  Englaiids  |  bile  deliverance 
from  the  Ilage  «if  the  lleatheii  in  an  emiiuiiit  |  Answer  of  Prayer.  |  —  | 


EAKLV    AMEIMCAN    I^(  PRINTS.  37 

]>y  Iiicr«';isc  Mather  |  'rcai-luT  of  a  ("Imrcli   in    Bnstun  in  Xc\v-Knirlaii<l. 

I  —  I  [Two  liiif's  from  Job  viii.  H  :  two  lines  from  Psalms  cxi.  2;  two 
lines  from  Joel  i.  .'?.]  |  —  |  [Three  lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  |  —  ||    Boston, 

I  Printed  and  sold  l)y  Jolm  Foster.      1G77.      Tinio.     pp.  (<l).  7*>. 

Titlepaiic,  snrronnded  hy  two  border  lines,  verso  blank;  4  ])p.  "To  the 
Reader,"  siynetl  "  Increase  Mather,"  and  dated  at  ''  Boston  N.  E.  |  Sept.  14. 
U)77,"  lieadpiece  a  line  of  border  |)ieces,  a  rule,  and  a  line  of  similar 
])ieces  inverted;  list  of  "  Ernita ''  at  end  of  Preface,  three  lines  between  two 
rules;  1-7(1,  -'A  |  Relation  j  of  the  first  troubles  in  |  New-England  |  by 
reason  of  th<;  Indians  there,"  has  large  ornamental  headpiece ;  foUowed  by 
"An  Historical  Discourse,"  with  new  signature  letters. 


An  I  Historical  Discourse  j  concerning  the  |  Prevalency  |  of  |  Prayer  | 
wherein  is  shewed  that  New-Englands  late  Deliverance  from  the  |  Rage 
of  the  Heathen,  is  an  eminent  Answer  of  Prayer.  |  —  |  By  Increase 
Mather  |  Teacher  of  a  Clinrch  in  Boston  in  New-England  |  —  |  [One 
line  from  Psalms  cii.  IS;  five  lines  from  James  v.  17,  18.]  |  —  |  [Two 
lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  |  —  ||  Boston,  |  Printed  and  sold  by  John  Foster. 
1(17  7.      l-_>mo.      pp.  (4).  IN. 

Title])age,  surrounded  by  two  border  lines,  verso  blank;  2  pp.  "To  the 
Reader,"  signed  "  Increase  Mather,"  and  dated  at  "  Boston,  X-E.  |  August, 
16,  1677,"  has  large  ornamental  headpiece;  1-18,  "An  |  Historical  Dis- 
covrse  I  concerning  the  Prevalency  of  |  Prayer,"  headpiece  a  line  of  border 
pieces,  a  rule,  and  a  line  of  similar  pierces  inverted;  IS*'i<3ti  wanting; 
pamphlet  forms  a  p;irt  of  "  A  Relation  of  the  Troubles." 


A  Seasonable  |  Watch- Word  |  unto  Christians  |  against  the  |  Dreams  & 
Dreamers  |  of  this  Generation  :  |  Delivered  in  a  Sermon  November  16th. 
I  1605  :  I  And  being  the  last  Lecture,  which  was  Preached  |  by  that 
Reverend,  Faithful  and  |  P'minent  Man  of  God  |  Mr.  John  Wilson.  | 
Sometime  Past()r  of  the  Church  of  Christ  in  Bosttni  |  in  New  Eng- 
land I  —  I  [Three  lines  from  Acts  xx.  26,  27.]  |  —  ||  Cambridge  :  | 
Printed  by  S.  Green  &  S.  Green.      1677.     12m(j.     pp.  (4),  10. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  liy  a  line  of  small  border  pieces,  the  top  and  bottom 
of  the  acorn  pattern,  verso  lilank ;  2  pp.  "  Christian  Reader,"  signed 
"  Thomas  Thacher,"  and  dated  [torn]  "  23.  5.  1677  "  ;  1-10,  text,  headpiece 
a  line  of  acorn-sliaped  Iiorder  pieces  and  a  line  of  similar  pieces  inverted. 


Several  |  Laws  &  Orders  |  made  at  the  first  Sessions  of  the  |  General  Court 
I'for  Elections  |  hel.l  at    Bost..u   in   New-England  |  May  23d.    1677.  | 
Printed  and    Published  by  their  Order,  |  Edwaril   Hawson   Secr't.      No 
titlepage.      4to.      pp.  51-55. 

Pages  4i),  50,  including  the  headim;-.  wanting;  51-5."),  text,  various  head- 
lines :  last  iiage  blank. 


3^3417 


38  KARLY  ami:ri<\ax  imprints. 

Sevoral  |  Laws  and  OiiUts  |  inaih-  at  tlio  scc-otul  Sessions  of  the  |  General 
Court  I  heUl  at  Boston  Oetober.  10'''-  KmT.  |  Ami  jinlilislied  by  Order 
thereof,  |  Edward  Kaws4in  Seer'.      No  titU'iiaire.      Ito.     jip.  ")7-5ii. 

A   cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at   the  top  of  jiaife57;  57-5!),  text,  various 
headlines  :  last  page  blank. 


Sundry  Laws  |  made  by  the  General  Court  Wherein  the  Du-  |  ty  of  Tythinij 
Men  is  exjtressed,  viz.     Xo  titlepajL:e.     4to.     jtp.  3. 

A  eut  of  the  Cojouial  arms  at  tlie  top  of  jiai^e  1  ;   \-'.i,  text,  various  head- 
lines;  last  paye  blank. 

These  three  sii|tjtlenR'iil.s  to  tlie  (ieneral  Law.s  of  1672  ii]i)K'nr 
ill  the  fac-simile  reprint  (lloston,  1SS7),  pa^es  251-259,  i^oit-.'Ul. 


1678. 

Abraham  in  Arms;  |  —  |  Or  |  the  first  Keliirions  |  General  |  with  Ids  |  Army 

I  eniiaginj:  in  |  a  War  |  for  whieh  he  had  wisely  prepared,  and  by  | 

whieh,  nut  only  an  eminent  |  Vietory  |  was  (d»tained,   but  |  a   Blessing 

I  gained  also.  |  Delivered  in  an    Artillery-Electiou-Sermou,    .June,   3. 

1078.  I  —  I  By  S.    N.    [Samuel    Xowell]   |  —  ||  Boston  ;  |  Printed    by 

John  Foster,  1078.      li'mo.     jip.  (.!),  ID.     [Two  eopies. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  Itorder  pieees,  tine  at  the  sides,  and 
lartrer  at  the  top  and  ImiIIoui,  verso  blank;  1  jt.  "To  the  Header,"  signed 
"  Samuel  Xowell,"  liead|>ieee  a  line  of  border  pi<res,  a  rule,  and  a  line  of 
liiunlar  pieees  inverted;  1  p.  biiiuk  ;  1-1 1*,  text,  with  lari.'e  ornamental  head- 
pie<'e  ;    last  page  idank. 

Near  the  foot  of  ilif  titlepiij^e  of  one  <t']iy  is  wrilten,"  Xatli;i- 
nacl  I'arnes  lv\  <lon(»  I'cn  To\viisan<l." 


A  Kiist  of  (iod's  ehusing,  |  piaiidy  opcuiil,  |  tor  tlif  litip  of  tliose  jioor  in 
Hpirit,  whose  |  hearts  are  set  to  seek  the  Lonl  their  (Jod  |  in  Xew- 
Knglaiid,  in  the  K<demn  |  Ordinanee  of  |  a  Fast  |  Wherein  is  shewed  1. 
The  nature  of  sueii  a  Fast.  '2.  TUv  \  Testimony  (Jod  will  give  there- 
unto of  Iuh  graeious  aeceptation  |  3.  Tlie  .special  Seasous  wherein  (iod 
will  bear  witneHH  to  such  |  u  Fa.nt.  I.  Some  helps  to  Faith  that  it  shall 
be  HO.  I  r».  Why  hucIi  a  Fast  is  so  acceptable  and  successlull.  |  <i.  llow 
much  this  concerns  Gods  people  in  Xew- England.  |  I'reiu-hed  on  a  Fu.'<t 
called  by  publick  An-  |  thority,  On 'JO.  1.71.  |  —  |  By  Thomas  Thacher, 
I'a.Hlor  <if  a  Church  in  liostou.  |  ~  |  —  ||  Boston,  |  Printed  by  .lidiii 
Foster,  16 7«.      TJino.      pp.  (0),  'Jl. 

Titlcpiige,    KUrrouiided    by   a   border  line,   with   an  extra   line  :it  tlir  lop, 
rrr«/)  blank  ;    I  pp.  "To   the    Header,"  signed  "Increase  Mather,"  and   dated 


EARLY   AMERICAN    IMPRINTS. 


at  ^'  IJostou  "J.  iiioii.  I  1()7S,"  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces  and  a  similar 
line  inverted,  running  headlines;  1-24,  text,  headpiece  of  aline  of  border 
pieces,  a  rule,  and  a  line  of  similar  border  pieces  inverted,  has  running  head- 
lines; page  25  wanting. 

On   the  lower  part  of  the  titlepage  is  written,  "Jo.  Baily's 
Booke  K  K  March.  10.  8|." 


Tlif  Il.iriniiiiy  ><(  tlic  Gospels,  |  in  the  Holy  |  History  |  of  the  |  Humiliation 
and   Sufferings  |  of  |  Jesus   Christ,    |    from   his    |   Incarnation  |  to  his  | 
Death   and    Hurial.  |  —  |  Published  by  John   Eliot,    Teacher   |    of  the 
Church    in    Roxbury.  |  —  |  [Two  lines   from   Acts  ill.  18.]  |  —  |  —  || 
Boston ;  I  Printed    by  John    Foster,    in   the    Year    1678.     12mo.      pp. 
(4),  131. 
Titlepaye,  surrounded  by  a  line   of  border  pieces,  fine  at  the  sides  and 
larger  at  the  t<^ip  and  bottom,  verso,  statement  concerning  the  work,  ending 
"and  therefore  do  affix  our  Iniprimatvr 

Thomas  Thachek.        Vrian  Oakes. 
James  Allex.  Increase  Mathek." 

2  pp.  "The  Contents,"  five  lines  of  "  Errata "  at  the  end  between  two 
rules  ;  1-1  ;n,  "  Tlie  Harmony  of  the  |  Gospels  |  in  the  holy  History  of  the 
Humiliation  |  and  Sufferings  of  |  Jesus  Christ,  |  from  his  Incarnation  to  his 
Death  and  Burial,"  large  ornamental  headpiece,  several  headlines;  last 
page  blank. 

There  is  written  upon  the  titlepage,  "  Jo.  Baily's  Booke.  Be- 
stowed vpon  me  by  the  Revered  Author  Feb.  S'.*"  8|.  N.  E." ; 
and  also  the  autograph  signature  "Oxenbridge  Thacher." 


lllustrissimis  Viris  |  tam   Pietate,  quam   Prudentia  atque  Auctoritate   spec^ 
tatissimis ;  | 

(  D.  .Toliaiini  Leverutto.    (  Foerteratum    (  ^lassachuset  (  _,   ,         ,    ., 
...),,,.      ,,r.     ,  )  XT       4      1-      »  Di-        ..u         )  Gubernatonbus 

OrnatissuTiisK  D.  Josiae  \V  inslowaeo.  <  Nov-Angliae<  Fhmoutn        <  ,,  ,•    •    ■ 

I  ,,„.,.  ,        ,    ...  I  /^  1     ■  In  »•     .     I  Honoratissnnis 

V  D.  Gviuehiio  Leitto.       v  Coloniarum    I,  Connecticut :  ^ 

I  Coeterisque  in  Magistratus  Onere  et  Honore  Conjugatis,  ad  Reipublicae 

davum  juyiter  excubantibus,  incolumitatis  publicae  api)rime  |  stuiliosis; 

Nee  non  Heverendissimis  cum-Academiae,  tum  Ecclesiarum  Curatoribus, 

The(dogis  Doctissimiset  Gravissimis  ;  |  Onmibus  denuo  et  singulis  bona- 

runi    Literarum    candidatis,   benevolis    Academiae  Evfpr/frais  \   Theses 

hasce.  quas  (eavirep  eniTpfni]  6  Geos)  Sub  Rev :  Uriano  Oakes,  Ecclesiae 

Cantabriijiensis    Pastore,   Collegii   |   Harvardini  Praeside   pro  tempore, 

KaracrictvaaTiKai     (cat     iXvaaKevaariiccbs     discutiendas,    ])roponunt  juvenes 

<t>tXii\i]dfii  Kdi  <PiXofiadfis. 

Johannes  Cottonus. 

[OrnamentJil  border       Cottonus  Matherus.  [Ornamental  border 

to  an  initial  letter.]        Grimlallus  Rawsouus.  to  an  initial  letter.] 

Urianus  Oakes.         D.D.DQ. 


40  KAKI.V     A.NrKKKWN    IMIMtlNTS. 

[Iiiipriut  :it  foi.t  t>r  i>:iu«']   ("aut:il>rii;iai'  Nc>v-Aii<,'l"'niin  Idibiis   Scxtil- 

ihiis:    MDC'LXXVIII.     Hioa.lsi.lf  [printttl  l>y   Saiiuu-l    (Jivcn.    C'aiii- 

briilge].     Foli". 

I'riiitiMl  in   twn  c-i>liimiis  ;   tin'   tirst  ••  TlicsfS  Tci-liiiol.-i^icar  :  "   in   sixUcti 

suliji'fts,  ami  ''  Lonicao"  in  twfiity-six  ;  the  semiul  (•nluiiin  "  (iiaininatica*' " 

in  fiiilit  snbjri'ts.  *' Klictttricaf"  in  nine,    '•  Matlicniaticai' "   in   twelve,   ami 

"  I'hysieae  "  in  fifteen  :  suriouiKlecl   l»y  a  line  of  ln.nler  |iicfes,    the   l»«.tt<>iu 

of  aet>rn-shait«'il    pieces,    the  sides  of    larger  fiiecis,  anil   tiie   tiip  of  various 

moon-shaped  pieces. 

[Order  of  the  General  Court,  1678.]     Broadside.     4to. 

A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  top  of  the  ]»ai;e;  "  At  tlie  second  Sessions 
of  the  I  General  Court  |  held  at  |  Hoston  in  Xew-England '" ;  an  order  retpiir- 
iuir  the  Oath  of  Allegiance  to  he  taken  hy  all  of  "sixteen  years  <if  Age  ami 
upwards,"  and  calling  njion  all  magistrates  and  justices  to  carry  the  same 
into  effect. 

[A  Proclamation  for  Fast,  June  <i,    lii7S.]      Broadside.      Folio. 

A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  top  of  the  jtage ;  "At  a  |  Geiu'ral  Covrt 
I  held  at  liostou  .May  «.  1<>7«  "  ;  speaks  uf  "  how  the  Lord  hath  heen  plea.sed 
of  late  Years,  hy  nniny  waves  and  means,  to  humhle  and  hring  low  his  poor 
people  in  this  Wilderness  .  .  .  the  contagious  spreading  I)isea.se  of  the  Snnill 
I'ox,  anil  other  Distt-mpers,"  and  alludes  to  the  "  rehuking  the  Malice  of  the 
Blood-thirsty  Heathen  about  us  .  .  .  the  settlement,  and  future  Flotnishing 
of  the  Colledge,"  and  other  nuitters ;  signed  "Edward  Rawson  Seer." 

Several  |  P<MMns  j  Compiled  with  great   variety  of  Wit   and  ]  L»-arning.    full 

of  Delight ;  |  Wherein  especially  is  contained  a  compleat  |  Discourse,  ami 

r  Elements, 

.     ■  ,11       i<  Constitutions,  .„         ,  , 

De.-criplion    ol       the    1-our      .  ,.  ,,  logetli'i    wuli   an 

'  '  Ages  ot  Man,  '        * 

I  Seasons  of  tlie  Year, 

(  .\.-..syriaii, 

exact  Epitome   of  |  the    time    first    Mnnarcliyts  |   \'iz.     Tlie   ,  Persian, 

(  ( Jrecian. 

I  And  lieginning  of  the  |{i.mane  Common-weallh  |  to  the  end  of  their 
limt  King:  i  With  iliverse  other  pleasant  &.  serious  I'oenis,  |  —  |  By  a 
fie!itle\voinan  Mrs.  Anne  Itradstreet Jin  New-Enifland.  |  —  |  Thesec4.nd 
Edition,  Corrected  hy  the  Author'  |  ami  enlarged  hy  an  .Addition  of 
wveral  other  |  Poems  found  amongst   Iut  Papers  |  aft«'r  her  Death.  |  — 

II  BoMon,  Prinn-d  hy  .lohn  Foster,  HmH.      Himo.     |.p   (II),  W:*. 
Tillepage,  surrounded  hy  a  line  of  fini'  horder  pi h,  vi-rso  hlank  ;   2  |»p. 

"  Kind  iteader"  ;  1  p.,  eighteen  lines  of  poetry,  signed  "  N.  Waul  "  :  •«  pp. 
"  To  my  dear  SiMer,  the  Author  of  |  theno  I'oeuiH,"  signed  "  !.  W."  :  I  p. 
"  Vpon  the  Author;  hy  |  u  known  Friend,"  Migiied  "  M.  W.,"  and  four  lims, 
Jtigned  "  C    B  "  ;   1  p.  "  In  PraiHe  of  the  Author,  Mistris  Anne  Bradstreet,  | 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  41 

Virtues  triio  and  lively  Pattern,  Wife  of  the  |  Worsliipfull  Simon  Bradstreet 
Es(i  ;  I  at  itresent  residiiis;  in  the  Occidental  parts  of  tlie  |  World  iu  America, 
Alias  I  Nov-Angiia,"  sitjned  "  N.  H.,"  fifteen  lines ;  1  p.  "  Upon  the 
Author,"  siijned  "  C  B.,"  "  Another  to  Mrs.  Anne  Bradstreet,  |  Author  of 
this  Poem,"  signed  "  H.  S.,"  "  An  Anagram,"  three  lines,  "  Another,"  one 
line;  3  pp.  "  V|)on  |  Mrs.  Anne  Bradstreet  |  her  Poems,  &c.,"  signed  "J. 
Rogers"  ;  1,2,  *'To  her  most  Honoured  Fa-  |  ther  Thomas  Dudley  Esq  ;  | 
these  huml)ly  presented,"  signed  ''  Anne  Bradstreet,"  and  dated  "  March  20. 
1642";  3,  4,  "The  Prologue";  5-68,  the  four  elements,  four  humours, 
four  ages,  and  four  seasons;  09-191,  "  The  four  Monarchyes  "  ;  192-202,"  A 
Dialogue  hcjtween  Old  En-  |  gland  and  New;  concerning  their  |  present 
Troubles,  Anno,  1G42";  203-2r6,.Elegiesand  Epitaphs,  on  8ir  Philip  Sidney, 
Du  Bartas,  and  Queen  Elizabeth  ;  21  7-219,  "  To  the  Memory  of  iny  dear  and 
ever  honoured  Father  |  Thomas  Dudley  Esq;  |  Who  deceased,  July  31.  1653. 
and  of  his  Age,  77";  220,  "An  Epitaph  |  on  my  dear  and  ever  honoured 
Mother  |  Mrs.  Dorothy  Dudley,  |  who  deceased  Decemb.  27.  I(i43.and  of  her 
age,  61";  221-248,  "  Contemplations,"  etc. ;  249-251,  "In  Memory  of  my 
dear  grand-child  |  Anne  Bradstreet.  |  Who  deceased  June  20.  1669.  being 
three  years  and  |  seven  Moneths  oM,"  grandchild  Simon  Bradstreet,  and 
daughter-in-law.  Mrs.  Mercy  Bradstreet;  252-255,  "A  Funeral  Elogy,  | 
Vpon  that  Pattern  and  Patron  of  Virtue,  the  |  truely  pious,  peerless  & 
matchless  Gentlewoman  |  Mrs,  Anne  Bradstreet,  |  right  Panarates,  |  IMirmr 
of  Her  Age,  Glory  of  lier  Sex,  whose  |  Heaven-born-Soul  leaving  its  earthly 
Shrine,  |  chose  its  native  home,  and  was  taken  to  its  |  Rest,  upon  IGth.  Sept. 
1672,"  signed  "John  Norton." 

1679. 

An  I  Almanack  |  or  |  Register  of  |  C(»elestial  Configurations  &c :  |  For  the 
Year  of  our  Lord  God  |  1679.  |  And  of  the  World  |  5628  :  |  Being  (iu 
«iur  account)  Leap  year,  And  |  from  the  beginning  of  the  Reign  of  our 

I  Soveraign  Lord  Charles  H.  by  the  |  Grace   of   God,   King   of  great 
lirittain,  France  |  and    Ireland,   &c  :    the   31'''  year.  |  —  |  The  Vulgar 
notes  of  which  are  |  Cycle  of  ©  :  «k  Cycle  of  (T ,  or  Golden  Number  8  | 
The  Epact,  28  |  Number  of  Direction,  30  |   Dominical  Letters,  E  D  C. 

I  —   I  Calculated  for  the  Longit.  of  315   degr.  and   42   degr.  |  30  min. 
North  Lat.  in  New  England.  |  By  J.  D.  [John  Dauforth]  Philomath.  | 
—  I  [Three  lines  from  Psalms  cxlviii.   1,   3.]  ||    Cambridge  printed  by 
Samuel  Green  1679.      16mo.     pp.  (14). 

Titlepage  surrounded  by  a  line  of  Ixirder  pieces,  verso  "1679,"  al)out  the 
eclipses;  12  pp.  March  to  February,  has  eight  lines  of  poetry  at  the  foot  of 
eleven  pages,  ten  lines  at  the  foot  of  the  last  page;  last  leaf,  containing  "  A 
Brief  Memorial  of  some  few  Remarkable  Occurrences  in  the  6  precediugs 
yean-s,"  wanting. 

Til  is  contains  on  the  interleaves  varions  manuscript  notes 
by  Thonia.s  81ie[iard,  of  Cambridge,  partly  in  short-hand,  with 
some  explanation   of  tlie  same  by  Thomas  Prince. 


42  EAULV    A.MKKICAN     IMrUINTS. 

A  I>isi-(Hirso  I  Cuiicoriiiiit^  till'  D.iiiiior  i»f  |  Ajmstasy,  |  «-sju'(ially  as  to  those 
lliat  art*  the  CliiKlreii  |  ami  Posti'iity  ot  sucli  as  have  heon  |  ouiiuent 
fur  (J4i(l  in  their  |  Ueiieratiitij.  |  Delivered  in  a  Seriimii,  preached  in  the 
Aiiili-  I  eiiee  of  the  fjeueral  Asseinhly  of  the  Massaehu-  |  sets  Colony, 
at  Huston  in  New-England,  |  May  23.  Ifi77.  heing  the  day  of  Election 
I  there  |  —  |  liy  Increase  Mather,  |  Teaciier  of  a  Chnrc.h  in  Boston  in 
New-England.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  from  Jer.  xxiii.  28;  four  linos  from  1 
'I'im.  V.  21  :  two  lines  from  Titns  ii.  15.]  |  —  ||  Hostmi.  I'riiited  in  tlie 
Year,  Uw!).      HJm<».     pp.  (1),  3:)-4S. 

Titlepage,  suiToimdeil  hy  a  line  of  horder  |)ieces,  verso  hlank  ;  3.>,  .'l(j, 
•■  'I'll  the  Header,"  sitriicd  "  Increase  Mather."  and  dated  at  "  linston,  22.  day 
iif  the  2.  I  Moneth.  1G7S."  ;J7-48,  text,  headpiece  of  a  line  .if  li..v.ler  i>ieces. 
anile,  and  a  line  uf  siinilar  pieces  invcrtfil.  luuuiii','  liiMilliucs  ;  rfinaiuiiiix 
patje.s  wanting. 

(Ml  tilt;  titlepage,  just  Kclnw  the  iiuiniiit,  is  the  line  "  liy 
Jolm  Foster"  in  the  haiiilwriting  tif  Thoiuus  riiiice.  This  title 
and  the  following  one  enni]iiisu  jiarts  ii.  and  iii.  of  "A  Call  from 
Heaven"  (lloston,  1679),  l»y  Mather;  but  the.se  two  have  been 
separated. 


i'ray  for  the  Kising  |  (jleneratioii.  |  —  |  Or  a  |  Sermon  |  Wherein  CJodly 
Parents  are  encouraged  |  to  Pray  and  Believe  for  their  |  Children.  | 
I'reached  the  third  day  of  the  fifth  Moneth,  1678,  |  which  day  was  set 
apart  hy  the  second  Church  |  in  Boston  in  N<'W-Kni:land,  linmhly  to 
seek  unto  |  (Jod  hy  Fasting  and  I'rayer,  for  tiie  Spirit  of  Con-  |  verting 
(irace  to  he  |ionre(l  out  upon  the  Chil-  |  dren,  and  Rising  (feneration  in 
New-England.  |  —  |  Tlie  secoinl  impression.  |  —  |  My  Increase  .Mather, 
T<'a<'her  |  of  that  (!hurch.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  from  Dent.  .\'.\x.  G;  two 
lines  from  2  Sani.  vii.  27;  two  lines  from  Isaiah  xxxii.  !.'>.]  |  —  |  [Two 
line.**  of  Latin.]  |  — ||  Boston,  Printetl  by  ilohn  Foster,  l<!7!t.  Itlmo. 
pp.  2:.. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  hy  a  line  of  Imrder  piecr-s,  vcrsn  hlaiiU  :  (■'{,  4),  "  T(» 
the  Header,"  signed  "  Increa.se  Mather,"  and  dated  at  "  Mostun,  August  22. 
I  1C7H,"  headpiece  two  liiu-s  <d'  line  horder  pieces,  lower  one  invert«'d  ;  .'•-2!), 
"  I'ray  for  the  Rising  |  (jcMU-ration,"  headpiece  a  line  of  horder  pieces,  a  rule, 
iiiiii  a  line  of  horder  pieces  inverted,  rmining  headlines  ;  "Tilti  Domine"  at 
end  of  pa^'e '.v.  helow  which  are  six  lines  uf  an  erratum  ;    la>t  pa^e  Idank. 


The  I  NewHsity  |  of  |  the  pouring  out  nf  tlie  Spirit  |  fmm  un  Hit:h  |  upmi  .1 
I  Sinning  ApoHtati/.ini;  I'eoplr,  set  under  |  •ludgun-nt,  in  older  tu  tlieir 
iiiercifiil  I  Deliverance  and  .Salvatioti.  |  As  it  was  Delivered  in  pari,  upon 
21.  U.'1678.  Iieing  a  general  |  Fast  throughout  the  united  Colonies  of 
N.  K.  I  —  I  Hy  William  Adams,  |  Pastor  of  the  Church  of  Christ  in 
DiiUiain.  I  —  I  [Four  lines  from   Luke  xix.    41,  42;    tliice   lines   t'lum 


EARLY    AMERICAN    lill'RINTS.  43 

Luke  xiii.    '.]'>;    tliree   lines    f'noii   Psalms    xiv.    7.]  |  —  |  —  ||   Boston; 
I  Printed  by  .J(»lin  Foster,  for  William  Avery,   near  the  sign  of  the  | 
Mew  Anchor.      Hi7;t.      Timo.     pp.  («),  48. 

Titlepage,  snrrounded  by  two  border  lines,  verso  lihtnk  ;  r>  pp.  "To  the 
Reader,"  siiiiied  l)y  "  Samuel  Torrey  "  and  "  Josiah  Flint,"  headpiece 
line  of  border  j)ieces,  a  rule,  and  a  line  of  similar  invei'ted  ])ieces,  run- 
ning heaiUines;  1  ]).  fourteen  lines  of  errata  between  two  lines  of  border 
pieces;  1-48,  text,  similar  headpiece  to  preface. 

On  the  titlepage  is  written  "Jo.   Bailys  Booke  Dec.   22.  84. 
N.  E." 


New-Eiii;lands  |  clioicest  Ulessing  |  and  the  Mercy  most  to  be  desired  by  | 
all  that  wisli  well  to  this  People.  |  Cleared  in  a  |  Sermon  j  preached 
before  the  |  (,'ovrt  of  Election  |  at  Boston  on  May  28.  |  liiTd.  \  —  |  By 
James  Allen,  |  Teacher  to  tin;  first  gathered  Church  therein.  |  —  | 
[Centre  piece,  four  lines  (tf  fine  border  pieces  the  whole  tapering  down- 
vA-ard.]  I  — II  Boston,  |  Printed  by  John  Foster,  1679.  12mo.  i)p.  (4), 
14.     [Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  I'erso  blank;  2  pp.  "  To 
the  Readei","  signed  "  James  Allen,"  h('adpiece  line  of  border  pieces,  a  rule, 
and  a  line  of  finer  pieces  inverted  ;  1-14,  text,  headpiece  like  that  of  preface, 
only  lower  pieces  as  large  as  the  upper;  "Soli  Deo  Gloria  "  at  the  end  of 
page  14,  below  which  are  two  lines  of  "  Errata." 

On  the  back  of  the  titlepage  of  one  copy  is  the  entry  "  Ben- 
ianiin  Dyer  his  Book  1700/1." 

Serious  Advice  to  delivered  Ones  from  |  Sickness,  or  any  other  Dangers 
threat-  |  ning  Death,  how  they  ought  to  can-y  it,  that  |  their  Mercyes 
may  be  continued,  and  |  after  Misery  prevented.  |  Or  the  healed  ones  | 
Proj)hvlacticon  |  or  HealthfuU  Diet.  |  Delivered  in  several  |  Sermons  | 
on  John  .").  14.  I  —  |  By  James  Allin,  |  Teacher  to  the  most  antient 
Churcli  of  Christ  in  Boston.  |  —  |  [Centre  piece,  four  lines  of  fine  border 
pieces  the  whole  ta))ering  downward.]  |  — ||  Boston.  |  Printed  by  Jcdni 
Foster,  in  the  Year  |  1()79.      r2mo.     ])p.  (3),  30.      [Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  snrrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  wer.vo  blank  :  1  ]i.  "  To 
the  Reader,"  signed  "James  Allin,"  and  dated  at  "  Boston,  May  IG.  |  1G79," 
headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces,  a  rule,  and  a  line  of  finer  pieces  inverted ; 
1  p.  blank  ;  1-30,  text,  headpiece,  like  that  of  preface,  only  lower  pieces 
same  size  as  tlie  upper;  one  line  of  errata  at  the  foot  of  page  30 ;  last  page 
blank. 

On  the  titlepage  of  one  copy  appears  "  Jo.  Bailys's  Booke,  6** 
84."  The  imprint  of  the  copy  in  the  John  A.  Lewis  .collection 
at  the  Boston  Public  Library  is  "  lioston,  |  Printed  by  John  Fos- 
ter, and  sold  by  Edmund  Ranger.  |  1679." 


44  EAKLV    AMi:i;iCAN     I.MI'UINIS. 

A  I  Sertnon  |  proarlu'il  n\u>n  Kzi-k.  '2'2.  ;Mi,  SI.  \  Ocj-asioiu'd  l>y  tli<>  Death  of 
tlip  I  iniicli  hoiiKiiri'il  I  .IkIui  Lfvort't  Escj;  |  ({(ivcniuur  <>t'  tlic  t'oliiiiy  of 
the  I  Matta<-hiis.'ts.  X-E.  |  —  |  By  S.  W.  [Samn.-l  Willanl]  T.-.x-hrr 
of  tlH'  South  I'hiirclj  I  ill  Huston.  |  —  |  [Cciitrt'  piiTo,  four  lines  of  tine 
honler  pieoes  tile  wlioh'  taperintr  ilownwanl.]  |  —  ||  Hoston ;  I'lintcd  hy 
John  Foster,  in  the  Year  Hu!*.      12nio.     pp.  (1),  1.'5. 

Titlepatfe.  surroumh-il  hy  a  line  of  honler  pieces,  verso  lilank  ;  l-i;{,  text, 
litMiljiiect'  line  of  honler  pieces,  a  rule.  an<l  a  line  of  similar  pieces  iuverieil; 
last  paire  hlank. 

1 6.So. 

MDlLX.XX  ,  —  1  An  |  Almanack  1  of  |  Coelestial   Moti..ns  for  the  Year  <.t 
the  I  Christian  vEpocha,  |  1080.  |  lieing  in  onr  Account  first  after  Leap 
year:  |  and  from  the  Creation,  |  562!l.  |  —  |  The  ^'nll,^■lr  Notes.  | 
(iohlen  Numh.  !».  ]    i  Ejuict  l». 

Cycle  of  the  Siiu.      !•.  /    \  Horn.  Indict.         •!. 
Dominic.  Lot.  C.  j    '  Num.  Direct.     -'1. 

I    —    I    Calculated    for    the    Meridian    of   Hoston    in    New-  |  England, 
where  the  Artick   P<de  is  elevated  |  42  Degrees   &  :5U   Minutes.  |  —  | 
I  —   II    Printed  for  John  Vsher  of  Hoston.      108O.      KJnio.     pp.  (IC). 
Titlepaj^e,  surrouniled  1>y  a  line  of  honler  pieces,  versu,  "To  the  Header," 
ahoiit  the  eclipses,  etc.;   12  pp.  March  to  F«d»ruary;   1  p.  ."The  Natures  and 
Operations  of  the  seven  Planets,  |  with  the  Names  and  Characters  f,'iven  them 
hy  I  Astronomens  " ;   1  ]>.  "  Sprint;  Tides,''  and  correctioji  of  a  mistake. 

The  I  Divine    Kii;ht  j  of    ;  liilant-15;iplisme  |  Asserted    and     I'mved    fmm  | 
Scripture  |  ami  |  Antiijvity.  |  —  |  liy   Increase    Matlier,  |  Teacher  of  a 
Church  of  Christ  in  Hoston  in  New-England.  |  —  |  [One  line  from  Mic. 
ii.  ft;   five    lines    fn.m  .Mark    x.   i;t,  II,  IC]   |  —  |  [Five  lines  of  Latin. 
I  —  I  —   II    Ho.Kton,  I  Printeil  hy  Jolni  Foster,  iu  the  Year  l<!S(i.    li'm... 
pp.  (7),  27.     [Two  copies.] 

Titlepatre,    rcrso    hlank;     ."•    p|i.    "Christian    Keailer,"    signed    "  N'rian 
Oaken,"  and   dated   at    "  Camhriilge,    Fehru.    21.    1'>JJ!:"    large    ornamental 
hea<Ipiece,  running  lieadlineM  ;    I  p.  hlank  ;    1-27,  "  The  |  Divine  ITight  |  of  | 
Inrant-liuptiKme  I  .\sserted  and    Proved,"  lieailpiece   lino    of   honler  piices; 
liKt  of  errata  at  the  foot  of  page  27,  two  lines;   last  page  hlank. 

Till-  Duty  of  a  People  tiial  have  Heiiewed  |  t  heir  Covenant  with  (J. id.  ;  | 
Opened  Hud  Urged  in  |  u  .'>«<-rmon  |  preadied  to  the  second  (liurch  iu 
Hottton  in  |  Xew-Enijland,  .Mjirch  17.  PiJJJ;  after  |  that  Chundi  had  ex- 
plicitly and  inoHt  |  Holemidy  renewed  the  In^a^emcMit  |  of  tliem.Mdves  to 
(iiwl,  ami  I  one  lo  another.  |  —  |  Hy  Samvel  N'Villard,  Teacher  of  a 
Church  in  |  Hoston  in  New-England.  |  —  |  [Three  lines  iVom  Dent, 
xxix.  I;  three  liuen  fmm  2  Chron.  .\v.  !'».;  |  —  |  (Centre  piece,  two  lines 
of  honler  pieceH,  eight  in  the  first,  ami  six  in  the  second.]  ]  -  ||  Hoston, 
Printed  l»y  J. dm  FoHter,     I««".      l2mo.     pp.  (I),  l.i. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  45 

Titlopaije,  snrroiintlod  by  a  bonier  line,  verso  blank;  1-13,  "The  Duty 
of  a  P«'o))lo  that  have  j  Rfnievved  their  Covenant,"  headpiece,  two  lines  of 
border  jjieces,  the  lower  one  inverteil,  ruiniin<(  headlines;  last  j»a<£e  blank. 


Returiiini,^  unto  God  the  great  eoneerninent  |  of  a  Covenant  People.  |  —  ]  Or 
I  a  Sennon  |  preached  to  the  second  Cliurcli  in  Boston  in  |  New-Eng- 
land, March  17.  10^^;  when  |  that  Church  did  solemnly  and  explicitly  | 
Renew  their  Covenant  with  |  God,  and  one  with  another.  |  —  |  By  In- 
crease Mather  Teacher  of  that  Church.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  from  2  Sam. 
vii.  24  ;  two  lines  from  2  Chron.  xxix.  10  ;  two  lines  frotn  Ezra  x.  12  ; 
four  lines  from  Jer.  xviii.  7,  8.]  |  —  |  [Centre  piece,  two  lines  of  border 
pieces,  eight  in  the  first  and  six  in  the  second.]  |  — ||  Boston,  Printed 
by  John  Foster.      1G80.     r2mo.     pp.  (G),  19,  (2). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  border  line,  verso  blank;  4  pp.  "To  the 
second  Church  of  Christ  iu  |  Boston  in  New-England,"  signed  "  Increase 
Mather,"  and  dated  "  April  19,  1G80."  headpiece  of  line  of  border  pieces  and 
one  of  similar  pieces  inverted,  running  headlines  ;  1-19,  "  Returning  unto 
God  the  great  Con-  |  cernment  of  a  Covenant  People,"  large  ornamental 
headpiece,  running  headlines;  "  Tibi  Domine"  at  the  foot  of  page  19;  2  pp. 
"  The  Covenant  which  was  unanimously  eon-  |  sented  unto,  is  as  followeth  ;  " 
last  page  blank. 

The  two  sermons  mentioned  above  were  preached  on  the  same 
day,  and  before  the  same  church ;  and  the  two  pamphlets  are 
printed  in  a  uniform  style. 


Reasons  for  the  Inditement  of  the  D.  of  York,  presented  to  the  Grand  Jury 
of  Middle-  I  sex,  Saturday,  June  2G.  80,  By  the  Persons  hereunder 
Named.     Broadside.     Folio. 

The  imprint  probably  cut  off;  perhaps  printed  iu  Boston. 


The  Sting  of  Death  |  and  |  Death  Vnstvng  |  delivered  in  two  |  Sermons  |  in 
which  is  shewed  |  the  Misery  of  the  Death  of  those  that  dye  in  their 
Sins,  &  out  I  of  Christ,  and  the  Blessedness  of  theirs  that  Dye  in  the 
Lord.  I  Preached  on  the  occasion  of  the  Death  of  the  truely  noble  and 
virtuous  I  The  Lady  Mildmay.  |  —  |  By  Leonard  Hoar,  M.  D.  |  Some- 
time Preacher  of  Gods  Word  in  Waiistead.  |  —  |  [Three  lines  from 
Psalms  xlix.  14;  two  lines  from  Eccles.  viii.  13,  14;  four  lines  from 
verse  14;  tvvo  lines  from  Tsa.  iii.  10,  11;  two  lines  from  verse  11  ;  two 
lines  from  Psalms  xlviii.  14;  four  lines  from  Rev.  ii.  10.]  |  —  ||  Boston, 
Printed  by  John  Foster.     IGSO.     12mo.     pp.  (8),  24. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  wide  bt>rder  line,  verso  blank  ;  G  pp.  "  To 
Mris  Bridget  Usher  my  ]  ever  honoured  Aunt,''  signed  "  Josiah  Flint,"  and 
dated  at  "  Dorchester,  from  my  Study,  |  7th.  of  .'ith.  1G80,"'  headpiece  a  line 

"  6 


40  KAKl.V    AMKKICAN     l.Ml'lUNTS. 

uf  bonliT  pieces  auJ  a  liuouf  similar  jiiires  iuverted,  niuiiini;  liraiUiiu's;  1-24, 
"Death  disjinned,  |  being  a  |  Funeral  Sermon  |  Upnu  1  Cor.  15.  55,"  head- 
piece similar  to  that  at  the  beginning  of  the  preface. 

In  the  upper  margin,  at  the  beginning  of  the  preface,  is  written 
"  Samuel  Cheekley  His  Booke."  In  the  upper  right-hand  corner 
is  also  written  "  N.  Clap.  26.  12.  [  ]  Boug[ht]  at  M[r.]  Brun- 
n[ing]."  The  name  "X.  Clap,"  referred  to  by  Mr.  I'phani  in 
his  note  on  page  27  is  written  in  the  same  haml.  Joseph 
lirunning  was  a  bookseller  who  came  to  Boston  from  Amster- 
dam in  the  year  1683,  and  died  in  the  spring  of  1691.  liis 
name  is  often  written  Browning. 


\'\'vskv  I  Wiittcstamentnm  |  Xiil-lorduniun  |  lesus  Christ  |  NiippiKpioh- 
wussiiatiifiiinun.  |  —  |  — ||  Cambridge,  |  Printed  for  the  Kight  Hnnonr- 
able  I  Corporation  in  London,  for  the  |  propagation  of  the  Gospil  among 
the  In-  I  dians  in  New-England     1(!80.      12mo.     jip.  (2r)0). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  bonh'r  line  and  a  line  of  bordir  }>itccs,  the  top 
and  bottom  acorn-shapi'd  ])ieces,  and  the  sides  larger;  2.J7  pp.  te.xt  ;  last 
page  blank  ;    f(dlo\vcd  liy  tlie   P.silms  in  In<lian. 

Singularly  enough  a  signature  leaf  "  1)  d  4,"  lieaded  "Chaii:  V, 
VI,"  and  identical  with  that  of  the  first  edition  (1661),  is  bound 
up  at  the  right  place  (in  Acts)  in  the  book,  which  is  complete 
without  it.  The  mistake  was  made  origimilly  when  the  book- 
binder "atheied  the  sisnatures. 


WaiiiL"    I    Kct'/,liomae    uUi'txhomaongash    |    I):i\id.      Nn    tithiiagi'.      r2mo. 
pp.  (HH). 

Printed  on  the  same  forni.s  as  the  New  Testament  in   Indian,  liiginning 
with  page  tnarked  "  Kk  '.i  "  ;  8«  pp.  te.vt ;  hist  si.x  leaves  wanting. 

See  Karnes's  "Bibliographical   Notes"  (]i   .".!))   for  an  allusion 
to  the  last  two  titles. 


l68l. 

MiMl.XXXI.  I  —  I  An  I  Almanack  |  of  |  Coclcslial  .Motions  for  tlie 
Vf'ur  of  the  I  (IhriMtian  Kpocha,  |  PiSl.  |  Hcing  in  our  .\crouiit  secon<l 
aft«T    Leap-yt'ur:  |  And    from    the   Cri-alion,  |  i'lG.'Jo.  |  —  |  The    \'ult'ar 

NiitCH.    I 

ftolden  Nnmb.  1<»  )    (  Kp.i.-t  20. 

Cycle  of  till- Sun.      !*•/-    v  i{om.  Indirt.  I. 

Dominie.  I,«'t.  15.  '    '  Num    Dinrl,      I.I. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  47 

I  —  I  Calculated  for  the  Meridian  of  Boston  in  New-  |  England,  where 
the  Artick  Pole  is  elevated  |  42  Degrees  &  30  Minutes.  |  —  |  By  John 
Foster,  Astrophil.  |  —  |  [Oue  line  from  Eph.  v.  16.]  |  —  ||  Boston; 
Printed  by  J.  F.     1681.     ICnio.     pp.  (24). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  hy  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso  blank;  1  p. 
"  Eclipses  in  16H1  "  ;  l  p.  "  Directions  for  the  Use  of  the  following  |  Ephem- 
eris";  12  pp.  March  to  February;  3  pp.  "Of  Comets,  |  their  Mt)tion,  Dis- 
tance &  Magnitude";  3  pp.  "Observations  of  a  Comet  seen  this  last  | 
Winter  ICSO.  and  how  it  appeared  at  Boston  ]  in  N-E.  whose  Long.  315.  gr. 
and  I  Latitude.  42  gr.  30  min.  N.'';  1  p.  "Spring-tides  in  the  Year  1681," 
and  "  Erratvm  "  of  three  lines  at  the  foot  of  the  page;  1  p.  "The  Coperni- 
can  System,"  represented  by  a  diagram ;  and  twelve  lines  of  poetry  below 
signed  "T.S." 

This  copy  contains  notes  written  on  the  printed  pages  by 
Samuel  Sewall.  On  the  interleaves  of  another  edition  of  the 
almanac  appear  short-hand  notes  by  an  unknown  writer ;  and 
the  title  is   slightly  varied  as  follows :  — 


MDCLXXXL  I  —  I  An  I  Almanack  |  [title  continues  the  same  as  the  pre- 
ceding one].  I  —  II  Bt)stou:  Printed  by  J.  F.  for  Samuel  Phillips  |  in 
the  west  end  of  the  Exchange.     1681.     16mo.     pp.  (24). 

Collation  same  as  that  of  the  first  edition  ;  but  the  verses  on  the  last  page 
were  probably  set  up  anew,  and  are  signed  "  T.  Street." 


Ne  Siitor  ultra  Crepidam.  |  —  j  Or  brief  |  Animadversions  |  Upon  the  New- 
England  I  Anabaptists  |  late  fallacious  j  Narrative ;  |  Wherein  the  No- 
torious Mistakes  |  and  Falshoods  by  them  Published,  are  Detected. 
I  —  I  By  Samuel  Willard  Teacher  of  a  Church  in  |  Boston  in  New- 
England,  j  —  I  [Two  lines  from  Prov.  xviii.  17  ;  three  lines  from  Rom. 
xvi.  17;  three  lines  from  verse  18.]  |  —  ||  Boston  in  New-England,  | 
Printed  by  S.  Green,  upon  Assignment  of  S.  Sewall.  And  are  to  be 
Sold  I  by  Sam.  Pliilips,  at  the  West  end  of  the  Exchange:  1681.  12mo. 
pp.  (7),  27.      [Four  copies.] 

Titlepage,  surnumdcd  by  two  border  lines,  verso  blank  ;  5  pp.  "To  the 
Header,"  signed  "Increase  Mather,"  and  dated  at  "Boston  New-Engl.  | 
Nov.  4.  1681.";  1  p.  blank;  1-27,  "Brief  Animadversions  |  vpon  the  New 
England  Anabaptists  late  Narrative  |  wherein  the  great  Mistakes  by  them 
published  are  |  made  Ai)parent";  last  page  blank. 

On  the  upper  margin  of  the   titlepage  of  one  copy  appears 
"And^  Belcher  the  Gift  of  j\P  Sam"  Greene  Dec'  168[  ].'' 


48  EAKLV    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS. 


1682. 

Unius  labor  inultorum  laboroin  allevat  |  —  |  An  |  Epheineris  |  of  |  Cooles- 
tial  Motions,  Aspects,  |  Eclipsos,  &p.  For  the  Year  of  the  |  Christian 
.Era  1682.  |  Being  from  I 

/Creation  of  tlie  W.nl.l.  5031. 

Floii.l  of  Noah.  .SOT.") 

^Constitution  of  the  Julian  Y<'ar  1  Ti't! 

Tile  •  SiitiVring  of  Christ.  KM!! 

'Correction  »>f  Cah-nd.  by  P.  fJreir.  10"i 

Laying  the  foumlation  of  Ilarv.  Col         40 
^Leap  year  (in  our  jvccount)  0:5 

I  The  Vulgar  Notes  are  |  Cycle  (»f  Sun  &  Moon  11    Epact  1  |  Dominical 
Letter  A      Number  of  Direct.  26  |  —  |  Calculated  for  y''  Meridian  of 
Ho.ston  in  N-England  |  where  the  North   Pole  is  Elevated  42  degr.  | 
30  min.     Longitude  31.5  Degr.  |  —  |  liy  W.  l^rattle  Philomath.  |  —  j 
[Four  lines  from  Gen.  i.  14.]    |    —  ||  Cambridge   |    Printed  liy  Sanuud 
Green  1682.      IGmo.     pp.  (14),  f». 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  two  varittics  of  Ixmlcr  jtieces,  rerso 

"  Eclipses  in  the  Year  1682";   12  j)]).  March  to  February  ;    1-!),  "  An  |  E.x- 

jdanation  of  the  Preceding  Ephemeris,  |  fitted  to  the  Mcri<lian  of  their  Pates 

I  whose   Poles  are  lea.st   Elevated,   Longitude  |  little  or  none";  last  page 

an  "Advertisement,"  as  follows:  — 

Adrci-tisciiioit. 

rpilere  are  suitable  Verses  Dedicated  to  the  |  Memory  of  the  1N(JE\- 
-'-    lON'S  Mdlliema-  |  ticitin  and  Printer  .Mr  Juhn  Juistcr.      Price  Jtl.  a 

sin-  I  gle  Paper,  both  together  Sd. 

The  P.salter  also  which  Children  so  much  uantid,  j  is   in    pari    printed  ; 

and  will  shortly  be  fini.shed  :   Initli  |  to  bo  .sold  by  ./-//(/(  \'sliir  of  lioslon. 

(Ml  till'  Idaiik  space  undiTiM-alli  is  writtt'ii,  "Tlif  last  half 
Slict-L  wa.s  Printed  w'*'  my  L(?tters  [or  type],  at  P.dstoii.  S.  S." 
At  that  time  Judge  Sewall  had  the  ollicial  manaj^'ciufiit  of  the 
printiii^'-press  in  IJoston,  regularly  licensed  by  the  (Jeiieral 
Court,  and  no  oik;  else  was  allowed  to  interfere  with  him  with- 
out a  "like  liberty  first  orantid."  As  ho  was  not  broMoJit  up  to 
the  trade,  Samuel  Green,  dr.  (a  practical  printer),  had  charu'c  df 
thf!  business.  The  last  four  leaves  of  the  Almanac,  or  hall'  sig- 
natun*,  are  in  dillerent  type,  which  e.\|ilains  Sewall's  menio- 
rnndum.  L'ndeT  a  misaitprehensinn  nf  the  facts,  tlie  ('imimittee 
of  Publication  f(tr  Sewall's  Diary  have  ret'erred  this  manuscrijit 
entry, —  a.s  ])rinted  by  them  in  the  lirsf  volume  (p.  .'i(l)  of  tht; 
Diary,  —  to  the  .\lmanac  which  ininediatel y  fuljows  in  the 
Hiuall  volume. 


EARLY    AMERICAN   IMPRINTS.  49 

In  the  lower  margin  of  the  titlepage  appear  the  words :  "  Ex 
dono  Authoris  Jan^  30.  1681 "  ;  and  the  almanac  also  contains 
manuscript  notes  by  Judge  Sewall. 

The  Fiery  Tryal  no  strange  thing  ;  |  delivered  in  a  |  Sermon  |  jireaclied   at 

I  Charlstown,  |  February   15.    1681.  |  Being    a  Day   of  |  Humiliation  : 

I  —  I  By  Sainvel  Willard  Teacher  of  a  Church   |   in  Boston  in  New 

England.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  from  Matt.  x.  24 ;  two  lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  || 

Boston  in   New-England  |  Printed  for  Samuel  Sewall.  |  1682.     12mo. 

pp.  (3),  19,  (1).      [Two  coi)ies.] 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso  blank;  1  p.  "To 
the  I  Eeader,"  signed  "Samuel  Willard";  1  p.  blank;  1-19,  text;  1  p. 
"  Friendly  Reader "  relating  to  the  Inundation  in  the  Low  Countries  of 
Europe. 

On  the  titlepage  of  one  copy  near  the  bottom  is  written 
"Jo.  Bailye's  Booke.    6^   84." 

Heaven's  |  Alarm  |  Xo  the  |  World.  |  Or  |  a  Sermon,  wherein  is  shewed,  | 
that  Fearful  |  Sights  (  and  Signs  in  Heaven,  are  the  Presa-  |  ges  of 
great  Calamities  at  hand.  |  Preached  at  the  Lecture  of  Bftstou  in  New- 
England ;  I  January,  20.  1680.  |  —  |  liy  Mr.  Increase  Mather.  |  —  |  The 
Second  Impression.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  from  Rev.  viii.  10;  one  line  from 
Rev.  xi.  14.]  I  —  II  Boston  in  New- England,  j  Printed  for  Samuel  Sew- 
all. And  are  to  be  sold  by  j  Joseph  Browning  at  the  Corner  of  the 
Prison-Lane  I  Next  the  Town-House.  1682.  16mo.  pp.  (8),  38.  [Two 
copies.] 

Titlepage  surrounded  by  two  border  lines,  verso  blank  ;  6  ])p.  "  To  the 
Reader,"  signed  "  Increase  Mather,"  and  dated  at  "  Boston,  N-E.  j  Febr.  16. 
I  1680.  I  (1,"  headline  a  line  of  border  pieces,  a  rule,  and  aline  of  similar 
pieces  inverted,  running  headlines  ;  1-8S,  "  Heaven's  |  Alarm  j  to  tlie  | 
World,"  headpiece,  similar  to  the  first,  only  finer  border  pieces,  running 
headlines;  ftdlowed  by  "  The  Latter  Sign"  printed  on  the  same  forms,  and 
with  continuous  signatures. 


The  Latter  |  Sign  |  Discoursed  of,  |  in  a  j  Sermon  |  Preached  at  the  Lecture 
of  Bostim  in  |  New-England;  |  August,  31.  1682.  |  Wherein  is  shewed, 
that  the  Voice  of  |  God  in  Signal  Providences,  especially  |  when  re- 
peated and  Iterated,  ought  to  be  |  Hearkened  unto.  |  —  |  By  Increase 
Mather.  |  —  j  [Three  lines  from  Job  xxxvi.  24,  25;  three  lines  from 
Psalms  xxviii.  5.]     ICmo.     pp.  (1),  32.     [Two  copies.] 

Title]iage,  verso  blank  ;  "  The  |  Voices  of  God  j  in  signal  j  Providences  | 
Ought  to  be   hearkencid   unto,"    1-32,    headpiece    two   lines  of   tine   border 
pieces,   the  lower  one   inverted,    running   lieadliues ;   signature  letters  con- 
tinuous with  "Heaven's  Alarm." 


50  EAKLV    AMKRICAN    IMPRINTS. 

A  I  PiiMiok  Tryal  |  of  the  |  Qn.iUt'rs  |  in  |  l^armndas  |  upon  the  first  I>ay  of 
May,  HJ78.  |  First,  The  Charge  against  tliein  was  openly  read,  contain- 
ing |  these  Particnhirs :  As  |  1.  That  a  Quakers  pretended  Saviour 
within  him,  is  not  the  true  Christ,  |  but  the  False  Christ,  the  Devil.  | 
2.  That  the  main  end  of  the  Quakers  Meetings  in  these  Islands,  is  to 
make  |  the  Lords  Christ,  His  Holy  Spirit,  His  Angels,  and  Apostles,  all 
Lyars  |  and  False  Witnesses  of  God.  |  '.i.  That  the  Prim- Principles  of  a 
Quaker,  are  the  same  Held  and  Pro-  |  fessed  by  the  Beasts,  which  Paul 
fought  with  at  Ephesus.  |  Secondly,  The  wh<d<'  Charge  being  Proved  by 
the  Testimony  |  of  the  Holy  Scriptures  :  was  found  by  the  Slicritt'e,  and 
I  Justices  of  Peace,  a  true  and  just  Cliargc.  |  Thirdly,  licing  found. 
Guilty,  they  are  here  Sentenced,  and  |  brought  forth  unto  the  deserved 
Execution  of  the  Presse.  |  —  |  IJy  Samson  Bond  late  Preacher  of  the 
Gospel  in  I  Barmudas.  |  —  |  [One  line  from  Hos.  v.  '_' ;  «)ne  line  from 
Prov.  xxi.  24.]  |  —  ||  Boston  in  New-England:  ]  Printed  by  Samuel 
Green,  upon  Assignment  of  Samuel  Sewall  :  |  1(!H2.  r.'nio.  pp.  (4), 
100.     [Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  ])ieces,  verso  blank  ;  2  ])p. 
"The  Preface  to  the  Christian  Reader,"  signed  "Samson  Bond,"  li.st  of 
"  Errata"  at  the  bottom  of  the  second  page,  four  lines  ;  1-75,  "The  First 
Part  of  the  Charge;  is  |  That  a  Quakers  ]>retended  Saviour  within  him,  is 
not  the  true  |  Christ,  but  the  false  Christ,  the  Devil  "  :  1  y.  blank  ;  7  7-100, 
"  Header"  ;  running  lieadlines. 

On  tlie  titlepai^e  is  tlic  auto«fraph  sifjnature  "  T.  Mather."  At 
the  end  of  the  Preface,  just  Itelow  the  signature,  appears  in 
l>riiit   tin*   folhtwiiig,  line   for  line:  — 

This  insuing  Discourse  had  been  Printed  sooner,  had  not  Mr.  .lolin  Foster 
(the  Printer;  been  disenabled  by  a  teilious  sickness,  of  which  he  Died. 


A  ><rmnii  I  wherein  is  shewed  that  the  Church  of  (Jotl  |  is  sometimes  a  Sub- 
ject of  |  (ireat  I'ersecution  ;  |  Preached  on  a  Publick  |  VnM  \  at  Bost(Ui  in 
New-England:  |  Occasioned  l»y  tlie  Tidings  of  a  great  Persecution  Raised 
against  |  the  Protestants  in  France.  |  —  |  By  Incn-ase  .Mathi-r.  Teacher 
to  a  I  (Minrch  of  Clirist.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  from  Psalms  cxxii.  •>,  H;  two 
lines  from  .ler.  li.  oO.]  |  —  |  [Four  lines  of  Latin.)  |  -  ||  Boston  in 
Ni-w-Knt'Iaud  :  |  Printed   f..r  S.uiil*!  Sruall,  in  the  ^lar,  lilH'J.      r.'mo. 

pp.  (.;;,  -'I. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  l»y  two  bcrdir  lims,  vnso  blank  ;  4  pp.  "  'i'o  the 
KcadiT,"  tiigned  "Increase  Mather,"  anrl  liated  at  "Boston;  N.  Kngl.  |  1. 
M.  W.  D.  1<;H2,"  running  heatllineH  ;  1-24,  text,  list  of  "  Errata  "  on  page 
24,  three  line»»,  rnnning  headlines;  below  is  an  "  Advertisement,"  live  lines, 
concM.Tniiig  the  author's  "Duly  of  Prayer,"  between  tfto  lines  ..f  Itorder 
jiiews. 


EARLY   AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  51 

The  Sovcraigu  Eiiicucy  of  Divine  |  Providence;  |  Over  ruling  and  Omni- 
potently Disposing  and  Ordering  all  |  Humane  Counsels  and  Affairs, 
Assorted,  Demonstrated  |  and  Improved,  in  a  Discovrse  Evincing,  | 
that  (not  any  Arm  of  Flesh,  hut)  the  right  Hand  of  the  |  Most  High  is 
it,  that  Swayeth  the  Vniversal  Scei)ter  of  |  this  Lower  World's  Goveru- 
inent.  |  Oft  Wheeling  about  the  Prudentest  Management  of  the  |  Pro- 
foundest  Plotts,  of  the  Greatest  on  Eartli  ;  unto  |  such,  Issues  and 
Events,  as  are  Aiiuizingly  contrary  |  to  all  Humane  Probabilities,  and 
cross  to  the  |  Confident  Expectation  of  Lookers  on.  |  As  Delivered  in  a  | 
Sermon  |  Preached  in  Cambridge,  on  Sept.  10.  1G77.  Being  the  Day  of 
I  Artillery  Election  there.  |  —  |  By  Mr.  Vrian  Oakes,  the  late  (and  still 
to  be  I  Lamented)  Reverend  Pastor  of  the  Church  of  Christ  in  |  Cam- 
bridge :  And  Learned  President  of  Harvard  Colledge.  |  —  |  [Two  lines 
from  Psalms  xxix.  10  ;  two  lines  from  Isaiah  xli.  14,  1.5  ;  two  lines  from 
Rom.  xi.  36.]  I — ||  Boston  in  Ne^w-England  :  |  Printed  for  Samuel 
Sewall.      1682.      16mo.      pp.  (5),  40.      [Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso  blank  ;  3  pp.  "  To 
the  I  Reader,"  signed  "'John  Sherman,"  running  headlines;  1  p.  blank; 
1-40,  text ;  on  first  page  of  the  blank  leaf  at  the  end  is  an  "  Advertisement  " 
of  Samuel  Willard's  Covenant  Keeping,  "now  in  the  Press." 

On  the  last  page  of  one  copy  after  the  word  "  Finis  "  appears, 
in  two  printed  lines,  the  following  :  "  Anne  Shepard;  |  October,  9. 
1682,"  which  I  am  unable  to  explain.  On  the  titlepage  of  the 
same  is  written,  "  Jo  Baily's  Booke.  Dec.  8.  84  N.  E."  A  copy 
of  the  same  sermon,  in  the  Prince  Library,  has  a  similar  entry  ; 
and  in  both  instances  a  slip  of  paper  had  been  pasted  over  these 
lines. 


1683. 

M.DC.LXXXIII.  I  —  I  The  Boston  Ephemeris.  |  An  |  Almanack  |  for  ]  the 
(Dionysian)  Year  of  the  Christian  |  ^ra.  M.DC.LXXX  III.  |  And  of 
the  Worlds  Creation  5632.  |  Anno  Oppidi  inchoati  53.  |  —  |  Of  which 
the  Vulgar  Notes  are.  |  Cycle  of  the  Sun  12.  |  Dominic.  Let.  G.  F.  ] 
Golden  Numb.  12.  |  Epact  12.  |  Num.  of  Direct.  18.  |  —  |  Serving  the 
Meridian  Kf  Boston  in  New-Engl.  |  Latitude,  42.  gr.  30.  min.  |  Longitude 
315.  gr.  I  —  I  [One  line  from  Eph.  v.  16  ;  two  lines  in  Latin.]  |  —  || 
Boston  in  New  England,  |  Printed  by  S.  G.  for  S.  S.  1683.  16mo. 
])p.  (2:{).     [Tlu'ce  copies.] 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso  about  eclipses  and 
"An  Intiuuition  of  the  Time  when  Spring-Tides  |  will  ]>robably  happen  this 
Year"  ;  12  pp.  March  to  February ;  8  pp.  "  Reader  "  ;  (8,  'J)  "A  Description 
of  the  Last  Years  |  Comet "  ;  last  page  blank. 


52  kai:lv  amkhican   i.mpuints. 

On  the  titlepa^'L'  uf  one  copy  is  the  autograph  signature  of 
"Cotton  Mather  A[uthor]  1683";  on  that  of  the  second,  which 
contains  notes  by  Judge  Sewall,  is  written  in  his  hand  in  the 
lower  margin,  "  l>v  Mr.  Cotton  Mather."  The  third  eoj^y  eon- 
tains  manuscript  notes  by  Wait  Still  Winthrop. 


All  I  E.xplauatidn  |  of  tlie  Solojnn  |  Advice,  |  Reeoininendod  by  the  Covncil 
I  in  Cuuiiecticut  Colony,  to  tlie  Inhabitants  in  that  'Jurisdiction,  Kesiu'- 
I  cling  the  Keforniation  of  those  |  Evils,  which  have  been  the  Pro-  | 
curing  Cause  of  the  late  Judgments  |  upon  Xew-Eugland.  |  —  |  liy  Mr. 
James  Fitcii,  Pastor  of  tlie  |  ("hnrcli  in  Norwich.  ]  —  |  [Seven  lines 
from  1  Sam.  vii.  3;  one  line  from  "2  Chron.  xix.  4.]  |  —  ||  Boston  in 
Xew-Englaml.  |  Printed  by  S.  Green  for  I.  Vsiier  of  Boston.  1C83. 
IGmo.     pp.  (<j),  72. 

Titlepage  wanting;  6  pp.  "  To  the  Header,"  signed  "Increase  ^father," 
and  dated  at  "  Bo<Jton  July.  1G83,"  running  headlines;  1-ti"),  "In  Order  to 
some  E.vjdica-  |  tion  of  the  Solemn  Advice,  wliich  our  |  Honoured  Mai^is- 
trates  did  in  the  Time  |  of  our  Calamity,  send  abroail  unto  the  |  several 
Churches  and  Coiigreixations  in  |  this  Colony,  we  have  occasion  to  reflect  | 
upon  both";  1  p.  blank;  67-72,  "The  |  Covenant  |  which  was  Sidemnly 
Benewed  by  the  Church  |  in  Norwich  in  Connecticut  Cidony  in  |  New-Eni;- 
land,  March  22.  1G75,"  running  headlines;  toUowed  by  "  A  Brief  Discourse," 
with  continuous  paging  and  signature  letters. 

This  title  is  taken  from  a  copy  in  thr  I'.dstun  Aihciia-um. 


A  Brief  I  Discourse  |  Proving  that  the  First  Day  |  of  the  Week  is  the  Chris- 
tian Sabbath  :  |  Wherein  also  xhv  Objections  of  the  Anti-  |  Christian 
Sabbatarians  of  late  risen  up  |  in  Connecticut  Colony  are  refuted.  |  —  | 
l{y  .Mr.  James  Fitch  Pastor  of  tlie  Church  ]  in  Norwich  in  New  En^j- 
land.  I  —  I  [Three  lines  from  Gal.  iv.  10,  II  :  two  lines  tVnin  v.  12; 
five  lines  fn.m  Col.  ii.  16.  17.]  |  — 1|  Printed  in  the  ^  .  .ir  Iils.i.  Kinio. 
pp.  (1),  75-130. 

Titlepage,  vrrso  blaidt  ;  7.'»-13(»,  text,  headpiece  a  line  of  nine  urn-shajied 
liorder  pieces;  pp.  131-133,  sign«'(i  at  the  end  ".lames  Fitch,  .Senior  "  and 
dated  "  Decemb.  12.  16M2,"  wanting;;   foljows  "An  l',\|il;inalii.n." 


Tlie  ;  High  EMteem  |  which  (Jod  hath  of  the  Death  nt  his  Saints.  |  As  it  was 
Delivered  in  a  |  Sermon  |  I'reaehed  DctidMr  7.  16S3.  Occasioned  by 
the  I  Deiilhofthe  Wnr.Hhipful  |  John  Hull  Es<i:  |  Who  Deceased  ( >clober 
1,  H5M3.  I  —  I  By  Samnel  Willard  Teacher  to  a  Church  |  in  Boston.  | 
—  I  ['I'wo  lineH  from  Nnmb.  xxiii.  10  ;  two  lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Boston 
in  Nevv-Kni;lanil  Printed  by  Samuel  (Jreeii  |  for  Samuel  Sewall  :  I6H3. 
l'2liio.      |.|..  (I  ).  2<».      [Two  lopies  I 


EARLY    AMKRICAN    IMPRINTS.  53 

Titlo])ac:f',  surrounded   by  a  wide   T)ordor  lino,    vemn   blank  ;    1-18,  text, 
wide  nili'  tor  Iica(l|)iece  ;    19-20,   "In  Obituin   luctuosissirnum  Viri  vere  | 
gencrofii,  pii,  pluriinisq  ;  aliis  Nonii-  |  nilxis  honorandi  |  —  |  Johannis  Hvll 
arinigcri,  I  cniri  Diirnitate  pari  dci^cntis,  in  Suinino  Dynastarinii  |  Nov-Anglo- 
rvni  online,  duni  vixit,  I'iiis,"  signed  "  Elijali  Corlet,"  headpiece  a  wide  rule. 


KOMHTOrFA<I>IA.  |  —  |  Or  a  |  Discourse  Concerning  ]  (Comets;  |  wherein 
the  Nature  of  Blazing  Stars  |  is  Enquired  into:  |  With  an  Historical 
Account  of  all  the  Comets  |  which  have  appeared  from  the  Beginning 
of  the  I  World  unto  this  present  Year,  M.DC.LXXXIII.  ]  Expressing 

I  the   Place  in  tlie  Heavens,  where   they  were   seen,  |  their   Motion, 
Forms,  Duration  ;  and  the  Re-  |  markable  Events  which  have  followed 

I  in  the  World,  so  far  as  they  have  been  |  by  Learned  Men  Observed. 

I  As  also  two  Sermons  |  Occasioned  by  the  late  Blazing  Stars.  |  —  | 
By  Increase  Mather,  Teacher  of  a  Church  |  at  Boston  in  New-England. 

I  —  I  [Two  lines  from  Psalms  cxi.  2;  one  line  from  Amos  ix.  6.]  |  —  {| 
Boston  in  New-England.  |  Printed  by  S.  G.  for  S.  S.     And  sold  by  J. 
Browning  |  at  the   corner  of   the  Prison  Lane  next  the  Town-  |  House 
1683.      lOmo.     pp.  (12),  143.     [Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso  blank  ;  4  pp.  "  To 
the  Peader,"  signed  "John  Sherman,"  and  dated  "  Decemb.  20.  1682," 
headpiece  of  eleven  urn-shaped  border  pieces;  3  pp.  "To  the  Reader," 
signed  "  Increase  Mather,"  and  dated  at  "  Boston  N.  E.  Dec.  31.  \  1682"; 
1  p.  blank;  2  pp.  "The  Contents";  1-143,  "A  |  Discourse  Concerning  | 
Comets";  list  of  "  Errata  "  at  the  end  of  page  143,  eight  lines;  last  page 
bhmk ;    running  headlines. 

The  "  two  Sermons  Occasioned  by  the  late  Blazing  Stars,"  men- 
tioned on  the  titlepage,  are  "  Heaven's  Alarm  to  the  World," 
and  "  The  Latter  Sign,"  given  under  the  year  1682.  See  Sibley's 
Harvard  Graduates  (I.  445). 

A  Plea  I  for  the  Life  of  |  Dying  Religi(m  |  fnnn  the  Word  of  the  Lord  :  |  in 
a  I  Sermon  |  preached  to  the  General  Assembly  of  the  |  Colony  of  the 
Massachvsets  at  Boston  in  |  New-England,  May  16.  1683.  |  Being  the 
Day  of  Election  there.  |  —  |  By  Mr.  Samuel  Torrey  Pastor  of  the 
Church  of  Christ  |  at  Waymouth.  |  [Three  lines  from  Rev.  iii.  1  ;  five 
lines  from  Deut.  x.xx.  19;  three  lines  from  Hosea  vi.  1.]  |  — ||  Boston 
in  New-England  |  Printed  by  Samuel  Green  for  Samuel  Sewall.  1683. 
12mo.     pp.  (8),  46.      [Two  copies.] 

'^ritlepage,  surrounded  by  a  lino  of  border  pieces,  verxo  blank  ;  6  pp.  "  To 
the  Reader,"  signed  "  Increase;  Mather,"  and  dated  at  "  Boston  in  N.  Eng- 
land. I  August  31.  1683,"  running  headlines;  1-46,  "A  Plea  for  |  the  |  Life 
I  of  I  Dying  Religion";  on  the  verso  of  the  leaf  foUowing  is  an  "Adver- 
tisement" of  Increase  Mather's  "Essay  for  tiie  Recording  of  Illustrious 
Providences." 


o4  KAIM.V    AMKRKWN    IMPinXTS. 

[PriK-laination  relating  to  Claims  and  Titles  in  tlie  Narniiransi'tt   Cnuntiv.] 
IJroailsitle.      Folio.     [Two  eopies.] 

Heailini;,  "  Hy  His  Majesties  |  Conmiissioners,  |  for  Exaiuininii  and  Kn- 
«|uiriug  into  the  Claims  and  Titles  to  the  |  Kings  Province  |  or  |  Nanaganset 
Countrey";  proclamation  that  "  by  a  Commission  from  His  Majesty,  bear- 
ing Date  the  7"^  of  Ajtril  ltj83  .  .  .  Commissioners  to  Examine  &:  Knqnirc 
into  the  Respective  Claims  and  Titles"  in  the  "  Kings  Province  or  Naria- 
gauset  Countrey ''  had  been  appointed;  meeting  set  for  Wednesday,  August 
22,  "  at  Mr.  Richard  Smith  his  Mouse  in  the  Xarraganset  Countrey"  to  hear 
and  receive  such  Claims  covering  land  "whether  upon  the  Main,  between  the 
Rivers  of  Providence  and  Pauguatuch,  the  Island  of  Canonnicut,  Prudenc«>, 
Patience,  or  any  other  Islands''  belonging  to  the  country  ;  and  order  that  this 
summons  be  i)rinted,  and  sundry  copies  attested  by  William  Wharton,  and 
sent  to  ditterent  parties  ;  signed  "  By  Order  of  His  Majesties  Commissioners," 
[autograph  signature  of  "  William  Wharton  Reg'  "]. 


Advertisement.     32mo.     1  p. 


1684. 


Notice  of  a  run-away  servant,  Matthew  Jones,  the  jiroperty  of  Hannah 
Bosworth,  of  Hull ;  reward  of  forty  shillings  oHered  for  his  return  to  "  George 
EUistone  Shop  keeper  in  Boston  "  ;  dated  "  Manli  i;.  Kl.s;!.'' 


ICR-i.  I  —  I  The  B.iston  Ephemeris.  |  An  |  Almanack  |  for  |  the  Year  .MDC.- 
LXXXIV.  I  Anil  of  tiie  Worlds  Creation  66;3;{.  |  Oppidi  Inehoati,  'i^>. 

I  Being  the  first  after  Leap-year.  |  —  |  Of  which  tlie  N'ulgar  Ntites  are. 

I  Cycle  of  the  Sun  13.  |  Dominic.  Let.  E.  |  Epact  2:;.    Prime  13.  ]  —  | 
Calculated  for  the  Meritlian  of  Boston  in  New-Engl.  |  where  the   Norlli 
pole  is  ( levated    12  gr.   3(»  m.  |  Longitude  31.'i  gr.  |  —  |  By   Benjamin 
fJillam   PhiionanticUH.    |    —    ||    Bosttui  in  New  England,  |  Printed   by 
Sainu(d  (Jreen  for  Samuel  |  Philips,  and  are  to  be  S(dd  at  his  Sliop  at 

I  tho  West  <iid  of  the  Town-IIou.se.      His  J.      lt;i,i,,.      pp.  (IC). 

Titlepage,  Hurronnded  by  a  line  of  bonlir  pitiMs,  itrso,  "()f  tlir  Eclipses 
Anno.  HJKl,"  ami  "  A  Table  of  Expcnce";  12  pp.  .March  to  Pciiruary  ;  1  p., 
"  A  Table  shewing  on  what  Day  of  the  Moiieth  |  the  Courts  of  Election  will 
be  at  BoMtoii  I  for  sixteen  Years  to  come,"  altoiil  another  Comi'l,  and  adver- 
liwmeiit  of  Samuel  Willards  sermons,  "  The  ("hilds  I'ortion";  1  p.,  "A 
Plain  and  Ea.sie  Table  shewing  the  'IVin*  'I'imc  |  of  the  Biginning,  Contin- 
uance, and  Years,  Hince  the  {  Kei^n  of  eacli  Kim;  and  (jiirm  in  England, 
from  the  Con-  |  »|Ue«t  until  the  present  Year.  I'lHI." 

Tlii.s  alinaimc  contains  noti'S  in  iIm-  li:iml\vritiiio  of  .liitl^i' 
Scwnll. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  5o 

MDCLXXXIIII.  I  —  I  Cambridgo  Ephemoris.  |  An  |  Almanack  |  of  |  Coe- 
lestial  Motions,  Confi<i;urations  &c.  |  For  the  year  of  tlie  Cliristiau  ./Era, 
I  1G«4.  I  Being  from  | 

rCreation  of  tlic  AVorld  5G33. 

q,,      ,'  Suffering  of  our  Saviour  IGol 

I  Restauratiou  K.  Charles  II.  24 

L  Leap  Year  (in  our  account)  1. 

I  Tl      V  1        V.I  ^"y^l*^  of  O  &  C        13  ?    <  Epact  23 

I  ine  \  uigai  .Aotes  |  j),,,„i„i,..^i  Letter       E.  S    i  Numb.  Direct.     09 

I  Calculated   for  the  Meridian  of  Cambridg  in  N.   England,  |  Lat.  42 
degr.   about  30  min.     Long.    315  degr.  |  —  |  By   N.  Kussel   Astrotyr. 
I  —  I  [Two  lines  from  Gen.  i.  14;  two  lines  from  Psalms  cxxxvi.  8,  9; 
one    line   of  Latin.]  ||  Cambridge.  |  Printed   by  Samuel    Green    1(J84. 
lOmo.     pp.  (10). 
Tillepage,  surnjuuded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  top  and  bottom  acorn- 
shaped,    verso,    "1684.   |    Of   the    Eclipses  this  Year";  12   pp.    March    to 
February;   1  p.  a  rude  cut  of  a  man  playing  ujKm  a  harp;   1  p.  "  1684.  | 
Concerning  Lightening,  and 'rhimdcr,  with  some  Observa-  |  tions  and  Cau- 
tions touching  the  same." 

These  two  Almanacs  contain  notes  in  the  handwriting  of  Chief- 
Justice  Sewall.  On  the  reoto  of  the  fly-leaf  at  the  beginning, 
near  the  top,  is  written :  "  Ex  dono  Praesidis  Reverendi.  Qui 
obijt  lulij  2"  Sepultus  est  lulij  3?  1684";  and,  in  another 
hand,  "  For  my  Hono^'d  Friend  M'  Samuel  Sewall."  In  Noa- 
diah  Itussell's  Diary,  printed  in  "  The  New  England  Historical 
and  Genealogical  llegister"  (VII.  59)  for  January,  1853,  are  the 
following  entries:  "12*^  11"^  [1683]  I  went  to  Cambridge  to 
carry  my  Almanack  to  ye  Press  26.  11  [1683]  My  Almanack 
was  printed." 

An  Arrow  |  against  |  Profane  and   Promiscuous  |  Dancing.  |  Drawn  out  of 
the  Quiver  of  the  |  Scriptures.  |  —  |  By  the  Ministers  fif  Christ  at  Bos- 
ton I  in    New-England.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  from   Judges   vi.    31.]  |  —  | 
[Two  lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Boston:    Printed  by  Samuel  Green,  and 
I  are  to  be  Sold  by  Joseph  Brunniug.  |  1684.     16mo.     pp.  (1),  30. 

Titlepage,  cerso  blank  ;  1-30,  "  An  Arrow  against  Mixt  |  Dancing," 
running  headlines. 

In  Prince's  catalogue,  under  the  heading  "  1681-1685,"  against 
the  entry  of  this  title,  is  written,  "  liy  Mr  Increase  Mather,  as 
appears  a  his  Mss  I  have." 

The  Benefit  |  of  a  Well-Onlered  |  Conversation,  |  As  it  was  Delivered  in  a 
I  Sermon  |  Preached  June  24"'.  1682.     On  a  Day  |  of  publick  Humilia- 
tion. I  As  also  A  Funeral  Discourse  upon  the  |  tliree  first  verses  of  the 


0»J  EAKI.V    AMKlMl'AN     IMPRINTS. 

third  Ch.ipter  nf  |  Isaiah  ;  U(Tasi«iiieil  by  the  Death  of  the  |  Worshipful 
Mujur  General  Deiiisou  ;  |  Who  Deceased  at  Ipswicli,  Sept.  "JO.  1082. 
I  —  I  By  Mr.  William  Hvbbanl.  |  —  |  To  wliich  is  Annexed  an  | 
Irenieon  |  or  a  Salve  for  New- England's  Sore:  |  Penned  by  the  said 
Major  G«'neral  ;  And  |  Irft  behind  him  as  his  Farewell  and  |  last  Ad- 
vice to  his  Friends  of  the  |  Mas.sachvsets.  |  —  ||  Printed  at  IJoston  by 
Samufl  Green.  |  lf!.*<4.      Ifimo.     pp.  (!S),  175.     [Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  verso  blank:  '_'  pp.  "To  the  Serious  Reader,"  signed  "J. 
Allin,"  and  "Josh.  Moodcy  "  ;  .{  i)p.  ''To  his  worthy  Friend  |  the  IJeverend 

I  M'-  William  |  liubbanl,  |  Teacher  of  the  Church  of  Christ  at  Ip-  |  swich, 
upon  an  occasional  sight  of  his  |  Sermons  on  Psal.  50.  |  Vers.  23,"  signed 
"  Posuit  \.  N."  [Xiclitdas  Xoyes];  1  p.  "The  Reader  is  desired  to  Correct 
the  ftdlowing  Errata,  which  |  escaped  the  eye,  by  reason  of  the  badness  of 
the  Copy,  and  |  the  distance  of  the  Author  fiom  the  Press,"  twenty-one 
lines,  1-111,  te.xt;  1  p.  blank;  111-175,  "A  Funeral  |  Meditation  |  from 
tho.se  Words  |  of  the   Prophet    Lsiiah,  Chap.  3.  1,  2,  3  verses;  |  Occasioned 

I  by  the  Interment  of  |  Major  Daniel  Denison,  |  on  Se])tember  22.  1G82  "  ; 
1  p.  blank;  fcillowed  by  "  Ireuicon,"  by  Daniel  Denison,  ]irinted  at  the 
same  time  and  njiou  the  same  forms,  with  continuous  paging. 

Ireuicon,  |  or  a  ]  Salve  |  f<ir   New-England's   Sore.  |  —  |  I?y    Major   Daniel 
Denison.  |  —  ||   Printed  in  the  Year.  Klsi.      Kimo.      pp.  (7),  177-21H. 

Titlepage,  verso  blank;  5  pp.  "  T<i  the  Reader";  1  p.  l>lank  ;  177-21X, 
"Ireuicon,"  headpi<'ce,  eight  urn-shaped  bonier  )»ieces  ;  running  headlines  ; 
f.lhiws  "The  benefit  of  a  Wcil-i  »nienMl  {'..nv<  isatini:."  by  William 
Hubbard. 

The  I  Doctrine  |  of  Divine  |  I'mvidence  |  oj)ened  and  aj)plyed  :  |  .Mso  Sundry 
Sermons  on  Several  |  other  Subjects,  |  —  |  Hy  Increase  .Mather.  | 
Teacher  of  a  C'hurch  at  Hoston  in  New-England  |  —  |  [Three  lines 
from  Psalms  cvii.  4.'t;  three  lines  from  Rom.  xi.  33.]  |  —  ||  IJo.ston  in 
New-England  |  Printed  by  Richard  Pierce  for  ,Ioseph  Hrunning,  |  and 
are  to  be  sold  at  his  Shop  at  the  Corner  |  of  Prison- Lane  next  the 
Exchange  1684.     I'Imo.     jip.  (7),  MH.     [Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  reran  blank;  5  pp.  "To  the  Reader,"  signed  "  Increa.'se 
Mather,"  and  dated  at  "  Boston  N.  E.  |  ()ct(d».  25:  I  CM  ";  1  p.  blank  ;  1-3(1, 
"The  (iod  of  Heaven  has  an  over-ruling  hand  of  |  Provideiu-e  in  whatever 
Cometh  to  Pas.H  in  |  this  world  "  ;  37  5!l,  "  The  works  of  Divine  Providence  | 
are  great  and  woiiiierfMll  "  ;  (!i)-Ml ,  "  ( iml  does  wouilerfully  suit  his  .ludguu-nts 
ac-  I  cording  to  what  the  sins  of  luen  have  been";  H"J  los,  "Sins  of  Omis- 
nion  exjuiw  men  to  the  JudgmentK  |  of  (iod  ";  10!I-MS,  "  'I'he  Lord's  servants 
whilst  livini;  in  this  world,  |  have  nuiny  Opportunities  and  Advantages  to  | 
glorifie  (iod  which  the  saints  in  Heaven  have  |  not.  |  —  |  Preached  Auuust 
24,  KJM4";  "  Erratum,"  two  lines  at  the  end  of  pau'i'  MM;  running  head- 
lines; blank  leaf;  followed  liy  "  A  Si-rmon  "  by  Nalluiniel  .Mather,  printed 
f>n  the  oniiio  fnniiM,  but  witli  new  Higtuiture  letter'*. 

On  pnj^t;  108  in  writU-n  ".Tosciih  fJeirisli  MIht  ejus  IT^l  " 


EAULV    AMEKICAN    IMPRINTS.  57 

A  I  Sennon  |  wherein  is  sIievv(Ml  |  tliat  it  is  the  Dvty  and  should  be  the  Care 
I  of  Believers  on  Christ,  to  Live  |  in  the  Constant  Exercise  of  |  Grace. 
I  —  I  By  Mr.  Nathanael  Mather  |  Pastor  of  a  Church  at  Dublin  in  Ire- 
land. I  —  I  [Two  lines  from  Jolin  viii.  29;  two  lines  from  Rom.  viii.  14  ; 
two  lines  from  Ephes.  iv.  ^0.]  |  —  ||  Printed  at  Boston  in  New-England 
I  By  R.  P.  f(tr  Joseph  Browning  Stationer.  |  Anno  1G84.     IGnio.     pp. 
(1),  2«,  (1).     [Two  coj.ies.] 

Titlepage,  verso  blank;  1-28,  ''Believers  on  Christ  ought  to  live  in  a 
Constant  |  Exercise  of  Grace,"  headpiece,  line  of  border  pieces  and  a  similar 
one  inverted  ;  the  end  of  tlie  print  on  page  28  tapers  fiff  into  three  short  lines 
of  border  pieces  of  four,  three,  and  two  pieces  respectively,  and  "  Tild 
Domine  et  a  te  "  between  two  rules  underneath;  1  p.  "The  |  Contents"; 
1  p.  blank;  1  p.  "Advertisement,"  of  Joshua  Moodey's  "A  Practical  Dis- 
course," Boston,  1685;  last  page  blank.  The  title  forms  the  last  leaf  of  sig- 
nature "  L  "  of  Increase  Mather's  "  Doctrine  of  Divine  Providences  "  ;  page 
1  is  on  the  first  leaf  of  siirnature  "  A." 


An  Essay  |  for  the  |  Recording  |  of  Illvstriovs  |  Providences :  |  Wherein  an 
Account  is  given  of  many  Re-  |  markable  and  very  Memorable  Events,  | 
which  have  ha))ned  this  last  Age  ;  |  Especially  in  |  New-England.  |  —  | 
By  Increase  Mather,  |  Teacher  of  a  Church  at  Boston  in  New-England. 
I  —  I  [Three  lines  from  Psalms  cvii.  5  ;  two  lines  from  Psalms  cxlv. 
4.]  I  —  II  Boston    in    New-England.    |   Printed    by    Samuel    Green   for 
Joseph  Browning,  |  and  are  to  be  Sold  at  his  Shop  at  the  corner  of  | 
the   Prison-Lane    next   the   Town-House,    1684.      16mo.      pp.    (21), 
372,  (8). 

Titlepage,  verso  blank;  19  pp.  "  The  |  Preface,"  signed  "Increase 
Mather,"  and  dated  at  "  Boston  in  New-England,  |  January  1,  168|,"  head- 
piece often  urn-sha])ed  border  pieces,  running  headlines;  1  p.  blank;  1-372, 
"  Remarkable  Providences,"  headpiece  similar  to  that  of  the  preface,  run- 
ning headlines  ;  two  lines  of  Hebrew  charactei's  at  the  end,  on  page  372, 
underneath  which  are  a  rule  and  a  list  of  "Errata,"  twelve  lines;  8  pp. 
"The  I  Contents"  ;  1  p.  "Advertisement  of  Mather's  "  Remarkable  Provi- 
dences," wanting. 


[Indian  Primer.      By  John  Eliot.     Printed  by  Samuel  Green  ?     Cambridge.] 
32mo.     pp.  (13),  3,  20-61,  (5). 

Titlepage  wanting;  1  p.  "  Prov.  22.  6,"  five  lines  between  two  rules, 
surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  ])ieces,  verso  blank;  1  p.  three  alphabets,  five 
vowels  and  nine  diphthongs;  2  pp.  spelling  lessons;  1  p.  short  reading  les- 
son; 1  p.  "The  Lords  Prayer,"  in  English  above  and  in  Indian  below;  4 
pp.  "  The  Lords  Prayer,"  expounded  in  questions  and  answers  ;  4  pp.  "The 
Ancient  Creed,"  expounded,  beginning  at  the  foot  of  the  last  page  of  the  pre- 
ceding division  and  ending  on  page  1  ;  1-59,  "  Catechizaonk,"  running  head- 
line, "The  large  Catechism,"  pages  4  to  19  wanting;  60,  61,(1),  "  Pea- 
mesik  Katechizaonk,"  running  lieadline,  "  A  short  Catechism  "  ;  4  pp.  "  Tiie 


58  EARLY    AMERICAN    I.MI'IIINTS. 

Niiuicral  Letters  aiul  Figures  wliicli  serve  for  |  the  ready  tiiuliiio;  of  any 
Chapter,  Psiihns  auil  |  Verse  in  tlie  liiliU-,  or  else  where''  in  English,  run- 
ning heaillines  ;  lattt  page  blank. 

In  I'rince's  catalogue,  luuli-i-  ilic  licadiuj^f  "  IG8I-I6H0,"  is  the 
t'litiy  "All  Iiuliaii  Primer;  cuiitaining  ye  Larger  Catechism. 
I'ages  tit),"  with  the  n<ite,  "This  is  in  12""  and  ,Mr  P)  (Jreen  says 
compos'' by  Mr  Eliot,  \-  Prim'  at  Camb,  al)'  1()S4."  On  the  nrso 
of  the  second  leaf  of  the  Primer  in  Prince's  liand  is  written,  "  Prin'* 
at  Camb  ab'  llj.S4.  |  a  p  4-  to  1!)  missing."  In  a  letter  dated  at 
"  Roxbiiry,  August  29,  1686.  in  thr  third  nmnih  of  our  over- 
throw," to  the  Hon.  Robert  lloyle,  .lulm  KliuL  writes:  "The 
Practice  of  Piety  is  also  finished,  and  beginneth  to  be  bound  up- 
And  my  humble  request  to  youi'  iHumur  is,  that  we  may  again  re- 
impose  the  i)rimer  and  catechism  ;  tor  though  the  last  ini])ression 
be  not  quite  spent,  yet  quickly  they  will ;  and  I  am  old,  ready 
to  be  gone,  and  desire  to  leave  as  many  liooks  as  I  can  "  (Coll. 
III.  1.S7).  Perhaps  this  imperfect  copy  belongs  to  an  edition 
alhided  to  in  the  letter,  though  here,  on  the  strength  of  Prince's 
note,  it  is  jilaced  under  the  }ear  1G84. 

Tiie  only  way  to  j)revent  thnatncd  |  Calamity  ;  As  it  was  delivered  ]  in  a 
Seniiou,  Preached  at  |  the  Court  of  Elecion,  |  May,  '21.  1682.  No  title- 
page.      IGnio.      pj).  163-197. 

Headpiece,  line  of  horder  pieces,  a  similar  line  inverted,  and  a  lirace  at 
till-  end  ;    It;:}    rj7,  text;   last  page  idank. 

This  is  a  part  of  "The  Child'>  Porti<.M  "  ( l'.(..st<Mi,  l(iS4),  by 
Samuel  Willard.  .See  Sibli-y's  llar\ard  (liaduates  (II.  27)  i'or  a 
ciillalion  of  the  same. 


Si*lf=Fjnployment  |  in  |  Secret:  |  Containing  |  I.  Kvidem-es  upon  Self-Kxam- 
ination.  |  IL  TlioiightH  upon  I'ainfull  Atllictions.  |  III.  Memorials  for 
Practice.  I  —  I  Left  under  the  iland-NVriting  of  that  |  Learned  and 
Hrverend  Divine,  |  Mr.  .Joiin  Coriiel,  |  late  of  Chichester  |  —  |  —  |  —  | 
Tlie  Thinl  Kdilion,  carefully  Corrected.  |  —  ||  lioston  in  N«'W -England 
I  Printed  hy  Itichard  Pierce  for  Jo.seph  Mrunning,  |  and  are  to  he  sold 
at  hiH  Shop  at  the  Corner  |  of  Pri.soii-Lane  next  the  Exduinge  lOHI. 
IGiiio.      p|i.  (11),  tt. 

Titlf|mi(e,  Hurrouiiiied  hy  a  honler  line,  vfiso  hlanU  ;  .)  |i|>.  "  To  llie 
Ki-adiT,"  Migned  *'  Iiicream-  Mather,"  and  date<|  at  "  I{oHt<Mi  N.  E.  |  Novemh. 
27,  lHHi";  I  p.  hIaiiU  ;  -'I  pp.  ".Mr.  Corhet'H  |  Empiiry  |  into  tin-  Stale  of 
hlN  I  .Soul.  I  —  I  IliM  Introduction,"  headpiece,    line  of  horder  pieccH,   tW(  Ive 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  59 

stars  in  four  groups,  aud  line  of  similar  pieces  inverted  ;  1  p.  blank  ;  1-19, 
"  The  State  of  iny  own  |  Soul,  |  acconlinef  to  the  Strictest  Search  that  |  I 
can  make";  ("20),  blank  ;  21-31,  "The  |  Workings  |  of  my  |  Heart  |  in  my 
I  Affliction  I  Aug.  the  5th  1680";  32-44,  "  Notes  |  for  ]  My  Self,"  head- 
pieee  similar  to  the  one  before  the  Introduction,  only  stars  in  two  lines 
like  the  one  before  the  preface;    running  headlines. 

On  the  titlepage  in  the  bhmk  space  below  the  author's  name 
appears  the  line  :  "  Nathanaelis  Matheri  Liber  1684.     D.  0.  G." 


1685. 

1C85.  I  —  1  The  Boston  Ephemeris.  |  An  |  Almanack  |  Of  Ctelestial  Motions 
of  the  Sun  &  |  Planets,  with  some  of  the  principal  Asjjects  |  for  the 
Year  of  the  Christian  jEva  \  MDCLXXXV.  |  Being  in  our  Account  the 
second  after  |  Leap-year,  and  from  the  Creation  |  5634.  |  —  |  Th(! 
Vulgar  Notes  of  VA'hich  are  | 

Cycle  of  1)  14  )   (  .,     ,       ,.  _       .  . 

T,  T    1-    •         ,  (    1  Cycle  of  O      14 

Konian  Indiction     o  >    s  ^^       ^ 
rx       .    •     1  r  ^\/  ii^pact  4 

Dominical  Letter  D  J   ^ 

I  —  I  Fitted  to  the  Meridian  of  Boston  in  New-England,  |  where  the 

Artick  Pole  is  elevated  42  gr.  21  m.  |  —  |  —  ||  Boston  in  New-England 

I  Printed  by  and  for  Samuel  Green.     1685.      16mo.     pp.  (16). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso,  "The  Spring 
Tides  this  Year  may  be  thus  Guessed  at  ";  12  pp.  Marcli  to  February  ;  1  p. 
about  discoveries  in  the  Heavens  since  the  invention  of  the  Telescope  ;  1  p. 
"Concerning  Eclipses  this  Year";  "Finis"  between  two  lines  of  border 
pieces,  the  lower  one  inverted. 

On  the  titlepage,  in  the  blank  space  where  the  author's  name 
should  be  printed,  appear  the  words,  "  By  Nath.  Mather  Philom," 
written  by  Judge  Sewall. 


MDCLXXXV.  I  —  I  Cambridge    Ephemeris  |    An  |    Almanack   |   of  |   the 
Coelestial   Motions,    For   the   Year  |  of  the   Christian   ^ra,    |    1685.  | 
'  Creation  of  the  World  5634 

FloudofNoah  3978 

Being  from  |   the    /Suffering  of  Christ  1652 

'Laying  found,  of  Harv.  Co.        43 
,Leap  Year  (in  our  account)  2 

I  Whose  Vulgar  Notes  are  | 

(ii>l<len  Number     14  (    )  ,,       ^ 

t*..  \      f  .1     o         1  <  J  f  I'-pact  4 

t  ycle  ot  the  Sun    14  <   >  ,.'      ,     „.        .         .„ 

Do.ninical  Letter   D^  ^  Nmnb.  Direction    29 
I  Calculated  for  315  degr.  Longitude.     And  I  Latitude  42  degr.  30  min. 


6<>  KAKLY    AMKHICAN     IMriUNTS. 

North.  I  —  I  By  W.  Williams  Pliil<i]>;itr.  |  —  |  [Fnnr  linos  from  Isaiah 
xl.  20.]  II  Cambridiri',  |  Printiul  hy  Samuel  Gneu  for  tiic  year  |  1685. 
16ino.     pp.  (16). 

Tillej)aije,  surroinidttl  l>y  a  lint'  of  honlcr  jiieccs  of  two  varit'tios,  rerso, 
"  16.S5.  I  Of  the  Ec-li|iscs";  TJ  pp.  Marcli  to  February;  1  p.  "MDC- 
LXXXV.  I  Concern i III,'  a  liainlpow"  :  1  p.  "  IGSf):  |  Concerning  the  nature 
ot   Coiiiets,  &<•." 

This  contains  inaiiuscriiit  iioles  by  Judge  Sewall.  In  the 
upper  margin  of  the  titlepage  is  written,  "  Ian'  1.  1^)8  j[  r>y  y" 
(iift  (.f  Mr.  Jn"  Cotton  Felh.w." 


The  liook  of  the  (ieneral  j  Laws  j  of  the  Inhahitants  of  tlie  |  Jurisiliction  of 
I  New-I'liiiiouth,  |  Collected  out  of  the  Keconls  of  the  |  General  Court, 
I  antl  lately  Hevisoil  :  |  And  with  some  Emendations  and  Adiiilions 
Kstahlished  and  Disposed  into  such  j  Order  as  they  may  readily  Conduce 
to  General  Use  and  Benefit.  |  And  hy  the  ()rder  tind  Authority  of  the 
General  Court  of  New-Pliniouth  Held  |  at  Plimouth,  .Tune  2d.  Anno 
Doin.  1685.  Reprinted  and  Published  ;  |  Nathaniel  Clerk  Secrt'.  | 
[Cut  of  the  Colonial  Arms]  |  [One  line  from  1  Pet.  ii.  13.]  |  —  ||  Bo.ston 
in  New-England :  |  Printed  by  Samuel  Green.  IGs").  .Jto.  pp.  (C), 
75,  (9).     [Two  copies.] 

Titlepjige,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso  blank;  4  pp.  "  A 
Preface,  j  Declaring  the  Warrantable  Grounds  and  Proceedings  <if  the  first 
I  Associates  of  the  Government  of  |  New-Plimouth  ;  |  in  their  Laying  the 
first  Foundation  of  this  Government,  in  their  j  Making  of  Laws,  and  Dis- 
jMtsing  of  the  Lands  within  |  the  same,"  a  list  of  errata  pasted  on  at  the  foot 
of  the  fourth  page,  twelve  lines,  large  ornamental  headjiiece  ;  1-75,  text, 
large  ornamental  headpiece;  1  j).  blank;  !•  pp.  "  The  Table."  headpiece,  a 
line  of  border  pieces,  ami  a  similar  line  inverted  ;  last  page  Idanlc  ;  various 
headlines. 


A  Call  I  from  Heaven,  To  the  Present  |  and  Succeeding  |  Geiu-rations  |  or  a 

I  Discourse  |  wherein  is  shewed  ]  L  That  the  Children  of  Godly  Parents 

are  un-  |  der  special  Ailvantages  and  Encourage-  j  inents  to   seek    the 

Lord.    I    H.    The    E.xceediiig   danger   of  .\postasie,   especi-  |  iijly  ;i.s   tn 

those    that    are    the     Children   and    |    Posterity    of    such    as   h:i\e   he<-n 

Eminent  |  for  (iod  in  their  (feneration,  j  111.   Tliat  Young  men  ongiit  to 

remember  (iod  •  their  Creator.  |  —  |  'I'he   Second    Impression.  |     -     (   By 

Increase  .Mather,  |  Teacher  of  a  Chundi  in    Boston    in  N.  Englaml.  j 

I  I  Two  lines  from  Psalms  xlv.  17;  threi'  lines  from  Psalms  Ixxi.  17,  IK.] 

I  —  I  [Two  lines  of  Latin.]  |      -  ||  Boston.  I'linl,,!  by  i:.  1'.  f-ri.  Hnni- 

liinK  I6H.').     IGmo.      pp.  (h),  j  j. 

Tillepnge,    vemn  blank;    5    pp.    "To   llie    l{i  ;ider,"    signed    by    "Increase 

.Mather,"  and   d»t<'d   at   "Boston,  |  .1.   m.  I'i.  d.  |   UJ7II,"    heailpiice.    lii f 

bonier  pieces,  two  lines  of  stars  ualhen-d   in   groups,    ami  a   line  of  similar 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMl'lilNTS.  61 

horder  pieces  inverted,  running  headlines;  1  p.  "  Advertisinent "  of  Mather's 
"  Tlie  My^itery  of  Christ  "  (Boston,  168()),  l)et\veen  two  lines  of  border  pieces, 
the  lower  one  inverted;  1-44,  "A  Call  |  to  tlie  ]  Rising  (Jeneration,"  head- 
piece similar  to  that  of  the  preface:  riinuiug  headlines;  followed  by  "A 
Discourse  concerning  the  Danger  of  Apostacy,"  printed  on  the  same  forms 
with  continuous  signature  letters. 

The  following  tJiree  titles  form  a  part  ol  this  work,  and  per- 
haps the  fourth  was  issued  in  the  same  way  to  l)e  bound  up 
with  them. 


A  Discovrse  |  Concerning  the  Danger  of  |  Apostacy  |  Especiall  as  to  those 
that  are  the  Children  |  and  Posterity  of  such  as  have  been  |  eminent  for 
God  in  their  Generation.  |  Delivered  in  a  Sermon  preached  in  the  Audi- 
ence I  of  the  General  Asseml)ly  of  the  Ma.ssachusets  |  Cohmy,  at  Boston 
in  New-England,  May  |  23.  1G77.  being  the  Day  of  Election  there.  |  — 
I  By  Increase  Mather.  |  Teacher  of  a  Church  in  Boston  in  New-Eng- 
land. I  —  I  [Two  lines  from  Jer.  xxiii.  28;  four  lines  from  1  Tim.  v.  21  ; 
two  lines  from  Titus  ii.  15.]  |  —  ||  Printed  by  11.  P.  Anno  Domini.  1G85 
16 mo.     pp.  (1),  47-131. 

Titlej)age,  veiso  blank;  47-(4[)),  "To  the  Eeader,"  signed  "Increase 
Mather,"  and  dated  at  "  Boston,  22.  day  of  y''  2.  |  Month  1678,"  headline  of 
page  48  "  A  Call  to  the,"  tlmt  of  page  4i)  "To  the  reader";  1  p.  blank; 
51-131,  text,  headi)iece  similar  to  that  before  the  text  in  "  ACallto  the  Ris- 
ing Generation."  which  pamphlet  The  "Discourse"  follows  with  continuous 
signatures;  (132)  blank;  running  headline  "  A  Call  to  the  rising  (jenera- 
tion  "  ;  followed  by  "  llemember  now  thy  Creator  in  the  dayes  of  thy  youth." 

Remember  now  thy  Creator  in  the  dayes  of  thy  youth.     No  titlepage.    16mo. 
pp.  123[133]-15!). 

Headpiece,  Hue  of  border  pieces,  and  similar  line  inverted  ;  123  [133]- 
159,  text;  1  p.  blank;  running  headline  similar  tt>  that  of  the  last  title; 
follows  "A  Discourse  concerning  the  Danger  of  Apostacy'';  followed  by 
"  Pray  for  the  Rising  Generation,"  printed  on  the  same  forms,  with  con- 
tinuous signature  letters  and  diflerent  headlines. 

Pray  for  |  the  Rising  Generation.  |  Or  a  I  Sermon  |  Wherein  Godly  Parents 
are  encouraged  to  Pray  |  and  Believe  for  their  Children.  |  Preached  the 
third  day  of  the  fifth  Moneth  1678.  |  Which  day  was  set  apart  by  the 
Second  Ciiurch  |  in  Boston  in  New-England,  humbly  to  seek  |  unto  God 
by  Fasting  and  Prayer,  for  a  Spirit  |  of  Converting  Grace  to  be  poured 
upon  the  I  Children  and  Rising  Generaticni  in  N.  England.  |  —  |  The 
Third  Imi)ression.  |  —  |  By  Increase  Mather.  |  Teacher  (tf  that  Church. 
I  —  I  [Two  lines  from  Dent.  xxx.  6  ;  two  lines  from  2.  Sam.  vii.  27; 
one  line  from  Isa.  xxxii.  15.]  |  —  |  [Two  lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Printed 
by  R.  P.  Anno  Domini.  1685.      16mo.     pp.  (4),  165-198. 

8 


r»2  KAHI.V    AMEKKWN    IMPRINTS. 

Titlopage,  t'erso  blank;  2  pp.  "To  tlio  Roaih'r,"  signod  ''Increase 
Mather,"  ami  ilateil  at  "  IJn^ton,  Auirust  'ii.  1G78";  ICo-lllS,  "  Pray  for 
the  KLsing  |  Generation,"  headpiece  similar  to  that  of  "  Heniemher  now  thy 
Creator";  blank  leaf  at  end  ;  running  headlines  like  first  two  lines  of  title; 
fidlowed  by  "  A  Sermon,"  perhaps  printed  on  the  same  forms,  but  with 
new  signature  lettere. 


A  I  Sennon  |  (Preached  at  the  Lecture  in  Boston  in  New-  |  England  the 
IHth  of  the  1.  Moneth  1674.  |  When  two  men  were  Executed,  who  |  had 
Murthered  their  Master)  |  Wherein  is  shewed  |  that  Excess  in  wicked- 
ness doth  bring  |  untimely  death.  |  —  |  The  Second  Impression.  |  —  | 
Uy  Increase  Mather,  |  Teacher  of  a  C'linrch  of  Christ.  |  —  |  [Two  lines 
from  Prov.  x.  27;  four  lines  from  Eplies.  vi.  "_',  .■{ ;  one  line  of  Latin.] 
I  —  II  Printed  l.y  \l.  I'.  f'T  .).  r.rMiuiiiiu  in  Hnstun  KIS.').  IGmo. 
pp.  (1),  -AK 

Titlepage,  verso  blank  ;  l-.'ls.  text,  licaiipiice,  single  line  of  bordrr  pieces, 
running  headlines;  bouml  up  at  the  end  of  the  voltinic  "  .\  Ciill  from 
Heavt-n."  etc. 


God's  Eye  |  on  the  |  Contrite  |  or  a  |  Discourse  ]  shewing  |  that  True  Pov- 
erty and  Contntioii  of  spirit  and  Trembling  at  (Jod's  |  Word  is  the  In- 
fallible and  only  way  for  the  (.>btainini:  and  Uetaining  |  of  I)ivin(» 
Acceptation,  j  As  it  was  made  in  the  Audience  of  the  (Jeneral  Assembly 
of  the  I  Ma.ssachn.setts  Colony  at  Boston  in  New-England  ;  |  May  •-'7. 
1685.  being  the  Day  of  Election  there.  |  —  |  By  .Mr.  William  Adams. 
I  —  I  [Three  liiu-s  from  Matt.  iii.  !) ;  two  lines  from  Prov.  xxix.  '2:\  ; 
two  lines  from  Zeph.  iii.  12.]  |  —  ||  Boston  in  New-England,  |  Printed 
liy  Richard  Pierce  for  Samuel  Sewall  His."..  12mo.  pp.  (1),  11. 
[Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  rrrso  blank;    1-11.  text,  headpiece  line  of  border  pieces,  and 
line  of  similar  pieces  inverted  ;   last  page  blank. 


I'h.  London  (Ja/ette  :  |  —  |  Puldi.slieil  by  .Vulliorily.  |  —  |  From  Tlnirsdiy. 
I'ebrimry  Ji'*".  to  Monday  February  !»"'.  KJKJ.  Numb.  2itOG.  [  Imprint 
at  bottom  of  the  jiaye  |  Printed  by  Thomas  Newcomb  in  tlu-  Savoy, 
I<IH4.  AnrI  Bepriiited  at  Boston  in  New-Eiiglanil  by  Samiu-I  (ireen, 
1 086.      Broadside,      pidio. 

Account  of  the  dentil  of  Kin^  (liaile-.  II.  ;   and  the  proclaimmu  o|    Kini^' 
Janien  II.  ;   piochimation  of  ,Fam«'M  II.;   and  hi.-*  address  to  his  Privy-Council. 

I'riiiLcil    ill    tl,..    |'n„  .■.■,ilii..^   (\lll.    ll):.-HiS)   f,,r    \..\(inlM.r, 
187.S. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  b3 

Mainvisse  |  WiiiuHMitupanatiinnvc  |  ITp-bibluin  God  |  nancesvve  |  Nukkone 
Testaiiu'iit  |  Kali  wouk  |  Wusku  Tostaiiieut.  |  —  |  Ne  qiutshkiMiuninik 
iiaslipc  WuttiiiiUMiirioIi  Clirist  |  iioh  asGD\vcs;it  |  John  Eliot.  |  Nalioli- 
toon  oiitchctoe  Priiiteuximik.  |  —  ||  Cainbridgo.  |  Priuteuaop  uashpe 
Saiiiiu'l  Grocii.     iMDCLXXXV.     r2ino.     pp.  (S40). 

Titlof)agc  wautinjir;  1  ]).  "To  the  Honourabhi  |  Robert  Bojdc  Esq:  | 
Goveniour,  And  to  the  (Company,  for  the  |  Proj)agation  of  The  (iospel  to  the 
Indians  in  New-  |  Eui^land,  and  Parts  adjacent  in  America,"  signed  "Wil- 
liam Stoughton.  I  Joseph  Dndley.  |  Peter  Bulkley.  |  Thomas  Hinckley," 
and  dated  at  "Boston  Octob.  2S.  |  1685";  1  p.  blank ;  838  pp.  text,  ten 
pages  Wanting  at  beginning;  followed  by  the  New  Testament  in  Indian, 
1G80. 

Piince,  in  his  Catalogue,  says  that  "y^  liev  M""  John  Cotton  of 
Plimoutl:^  being  well  acqf  w'*^  y®  Ind"  Lang^  was  des**  by  ye  Ind° 
comis"'^''  to  correct  Mr  Eliot's  vers"  of  1663  ;  took  this  method  — 
while  a  good  Reader  in  his  study  read  y*'  Eng  Bible  aloud,  M"" 
Cotton  silently  looked  along  in  ye  same  Place  in  y*^  Ind°  Bible  : 
&  wh''  He  that  of  Ind°  words  w"  He  judged  c'*  express  ye 
sense  better,  there  He  substituted  y™.  &  this  2"^  Edit"  is  ac- 
cord^  to  M""  Cottons  correction."  See  Eames's  "  Bibliographical 
Notes  "  (27). 


A  I  Practical  |  Discourse  |  concerning  the  choice  benefit  |  of  Communion 
with  God  in  His  |  House,  |  Witnessed  unto  by  the  Experience  of  Saints 
as  I  the  best  Improvement  of  Time.  Being  the  |  Sumnie  of  several  Ser- 
mons on  Psal,  84.  10.  |  Preach'd  in  Boston  on  Lecture-Dayes  |  —  |  By 
Joshua  Moody  Minister  of  the  Gospel.  |  —  |  [Three  lines  from  Psalms 
xxvii.  4;  two  lines  from  Psalms  Ixiii.  2.]  |  —  ||  Boston  in  New-England 
I  Printed  by  Kichard  Pierc(!  for  Josejdi  Brunniug,  |  and  are  to  be  sold 
at  his  Sliop  at  tlu;  Corner  |  of  Prison  Lane  next  the  Exchange.  1685. 
Kmio.     pp.  (7,)  10!). 

First  page  blank,  t'crw  has  list  of  "Errata,"  thirteen  lines;  titlejiage, 
verno  blank;  4  pj).  "To  the  Keader,"  signed  "James  Allen,"  running  liead- 
lines,  lieadpiece  a  line  of  Ixirder  pieces,  two  lines  of  stars,  and  a  line  of  similar 
border  pieces  inverted  ;  1-10!),  text,  headpiece  similar  to  that  of  preface  ;  1  p. 
blank;  1  )>.  "  Boidvs  ])rinted  for,  and  Sold  by  Joseph  Brunniug  |  at  his  Shop 
at  the  Corner  of  the  Prison-Lane  |  next  the  Exchange,"  and  underneath 
appears  "  Advertisement"  of  Increase  Mather's  "  Mystery  of  Christ  "  ;  las^ 
page  blank. 

On  tlie  titlejiage  in  the  up])er  right-hand  corner  is  written, 
"  A.  Buttolph," 


04  KAKI.V    A.MKi:i»  AN     IMI'IMNIS. 

1686. 
AdviTtiscmont.     liroatisUle  [jiriiitnl  at  IJostnii  ?].     8vo, 

A  Notice  of  the  Proprietors  of  Lauds  in  the  Narrairansett  Country,  calling 
a  uicftinii  at  the  liouse  of  ('apt.  John  Foues  iu  said  County  t>n  June  '23,  24, 
and  2'i,  "  to  treat  with  and  make  I'roposals  to  such  persons  as  may  desire 
Aceonniiodatious  of  Laud,  for  Towu-ship,  Farmes,  or  Ilouse-Lotts '" ;  others 
may  "receive  all  n-asouahh'  Satisfaction  from  Richard  Wharton.  Elisha 
Hutchinson,  J(din  SaHiu,  at  Boston'';  "Dated  in  Huston,  June  'Jth. 
IGHti  "  :   two  lines  of  border  pieces  ahove,  and  three  lines  helow. 


1686.  I  —  I  The  Roston  Ephenieris.  |  An  |  Almanack  |  of  Coelestial  Mo- 
tions of  the  Sun  &  |  Planets,  with  some  of  the  principal  Aspects  |  for 
the  Year  of  the  Christian  .Era  |  MDCLXXXVI.  |  Being  in  our  Account 
the  third  after  |  Lea|>-year,  and  from  tiie  Creation  |  i^)(>'3o.  \  —  |  The 
Vulgar  Notes  of  whicii  are  | 

Cych-  of  3)  l.">  I    ^  Cycle  of©      \:> 

Dominical  I..etter     (J  S    (  Epact  1.') 

I  —  I  C.-ilcuhited  for  and  fitted  to  the  Meridi.in  of  Boston  in  |  New- 
England,  where  the  North  Pole  is  elevated  4-J.  |  gr.  21  m.  |  —  |  By 
Nathanael  Mather.  |  —  ||  New-England,  |  Boston,  Printed  and  Sold  by 
Samuel  Green,  l<)Hf).      Ktuio.     pp.  (KJ).     [Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  i>ieces,  verso  "  Conci'rning 
Eclipses  this  Year,"  and  below  this  "  Cttncerning  .some  late  discoveries  re- 
specting the  fi.xed  Stars";  12  jip. -March  to  Febriniry  ;  2  pp.  "Concerning 
late   marvellous  Astronomical  |  Discoveries   iu   the   Planets."' 

One  <M)|»y  <>f  tlii.s  almanac  contains  notes  by  .huljj^c  Scwall. 
On  till'  lower  iimioiii  of  the  titlepagi!  is  written,  "  llvriX  Xr. 
25.  168.-.. 


Tlie  New  -Kii-laiiil  |  Almanack  |  for  |  the  year  of  oiu-  Lord.  1".>^<>.  |  And  nt 
the  Worhl.  ftC'.ifi.  \  Since  the  plantini,'  of  Massachu.sets  |  Colony  iu  New- 
Enyland.  /iH.  |  Since  the  f.iund.  of  Ilarv.  C«dl.  •!».  |  Whereof  the  (Joldeii 
Nmnber,  Epact  iiiirl  Cycle  of  the  .Sun  |  are  l.'i,  And  the  Domiuicall  Letters 
C\\.  Being  in  |  our  ai-counl  the  third  from  Leap  Year.  ]  —  |  [Foiuteeii 
lines  conccniiuK  the  contents.]  |  —  |  By  S.  D.  [Samiud  Danforth]   I'lii- 

lomalh.  I  --  I  [Twfi  lines  from  J(d».  xxxviii.  ;i;i ;  two  lines  fi 1  l'.salmH 

xc.  12.)  I  —  II  Cambridyo.  |  Printed  by  Samuel  (Jreeti.   st'U.    Printer  to 
Iliirvard  |  ('..Hedge  in  New-Englan.l.      .\.  D.  K-x'!.      I'-nio.      pp.  (Hi). 

Titlcpago,  Hurroiniiled  by  11  line  of  fine  bonier  pieces  iu  two  varieties, 
rrmo,  "  A«l  LibruMi,"  which  cmtinues  tw.i  pages;  12  |tp.  Man-li  to  Fehrn- 
.iry  ;   I  p,  "  M.DC.LXXXYI,"  cmccrning  eclipst-s  &c. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    l.Ml'KINTS.  65 

On  the  u])]ier  inar<:,nii  of  the  titlepage  is  written  "  For  v"  wor' 
Samuel  Sewall  Es(|''."  The  almanac  contams  notes  by  Judge 
Sewall,  and  on  the  lower  margin  of  the  titlepage  is  written  "  De- 
liver'd  me  Y  y*  Gov''  Jan^  21.  168|  sent  it  seems  by  y*  Author." 
In  his  Diary  (I.  104),  under  date  of  November  12,  1685,  he  says, 
"  New  Almanack  comes  out  this  Day  intituled  New  England's 
Almanack,  by  Mr.  Dan  forth." 


The  Ne\v-EnLjliUi(l  |  AhuauiKrk  |  for  tlie  year  of  our  Lonl.  ItiSC.  |  [title  con- 
tinue.s  same  as  the  preceding  one.]     KJino.     pp.  (16). 

Culhition  ill  the  main  same  as  that  of  the  other  edition  ;  certain  changes, 
especially  iu  the  foot  notes,  indicate  that  this  is  a  corrected  edition. 


An  I  Elegiack   Tribute   to  the  Sacred  Dust  of  the  Reverend  and  Wortliy 
I  Mr.  Seaborn  Cotton  |  Pastour  of  the  Church  of  Christ  at  Hampton  iu 
New-England  :  who  was  discharged  |  from  his  Work  and  Office,  to  be 
admitted  into  Heaven,  April  20th  1686.     Broadside.     Folio. 

Two  columns  of  poetry,  signed  at  the  end  of  the  second  '*  Edward  Toinp- 
son,"  with  three  lines  of  Latin  below.  The  whole  is  surrounded  by  a  wide 
border  line. 

Near  the  top  of  the  sheet  in  the  handwriting  of  John  Bailey 
appears  the  following:  "Jo.  B [alley]  N  E.  May  14.  86." 


God's  I  Promise  |  to  his  |  Plantations;  |  2  Sain.  7.  10.  |  Moreover  I  will  ap-. 
point  a  place  for  my  People  Israel,  and  I  will  j  Plant  them,  that  they 
may  dwell  in  a  place  of  their  |  Own,  and  move  no  more.  |  As  it  was 
Delivered  in  a  |  Sermon  |  By  John  Cotton,  B.  D.  and  Preacher  of  God's 
Word  I  in  Boston.  |  —  |  [Seven  lines  from  Psalms  xxii.  27,  30,  31.]  |  — 
II  London,  Printed  by  William  Jones  for  John  Bellamy,  and  are  |  to  be 
S(dd  at  the  three  G<dden  Lyons  by  the  Koj-al  Ex-  |  change,  1634.  | 
Reprinted  at  Boston  in  New-England,  by  Samuel  Green;  and  |  are  to 
be  sold  by  John  Vsher.     Anno.   1686.     12mo.     pp.  (4|,  20. 

Titlepage,  verso  blank  ;  2  pp.  "  To  the  Christian  Reader,"  signed  "  Thine 
J.  H.,"  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces,  and  a  line  of  similar  pieces  in- 
verted; 1-20,  text,  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces,  a  rule,  and  a  line  of 
similar  pieces  inverted;  at  the  foot  of  page  20,  ''  April  23,  1686,"  a  notice  of 
Samuel  Willard's  "  To  buy  the  Truth  and  not  to  sell." 

On  the  outer  margin  of  the  first  page  of  the  preface  is  writ- 
ten in  the  hand  of  Judge  Sewall :  "  Samuel  Sewall  His  Book 
May  10"'  Anno  Domini  ]69[  ]." 


«iG  EARLY    AMKKlrAN     l.Ml'lIINTS. 

The  I  Mystery  I  of  I  Christ  I  ojK-iu'tl  aiul  itpiilyiil.  |  In  Sevt-ral  Seriuons, 
Ctuiceruiiig  the  |  Person,  Ottice,  anil  Glory  of  Ji's^iis  Christ.  |  —  |  By 
Increase  Mather,  |  Teacher  of  a  Chnrch  at  Boston  in  X.  Eughiud.  |  —  | 
[Three  lines  from  Phil.  iii.  8;  four  lines  from  Col.  ii.  2;  four  lines  fi'oin 
1  John  V.  13.]  I  —  I  [One  line  of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Printed  at  Boston  in 
Xew-EnglamI  Anno  168G.     I61.1...     pp.  (2),  C.  -irj.  (I). 

Titlepage,  verso,  statement  signed  "  Vrian  UaUi-s,"  undiTueatli,  below  two 
lines  of  border  jtieces,  a  list  of  "  Krrata,"  ten  lines,  line  of  bt)rder  pieces  at 
tlie  top  and  bottom  of  page ;  l-fi,  ''To  the  Second  Church  and  Ctmgrega- 
tion,  at  I  Boston  in  New-England,"  signed  "  Increase  Mather,''  and  dated 
Octob.  2.">.  HiHii  •  1-20,  "There  is  a  Covt-nant  of  Hedemption,''  headpiece  a 
line  of  border  jtieces  and  a  similar  line  inverted;  21-oH,  "Jesus  Christ  is 
the  Son  of  God  '" ;  1  p.  blank  ;  .'i.j-74,  "  Jesus  Christ  is  over  all,  God  blessed 
forever,"  headi)iece  like  the  last  with  the  addition  of  a  rule  between;  1  1. 
blank;  75-92,  "Jesus  Christ  the  Son  of  God,  is  M;iu  :is  well  as  |  God," 
headpiece  like  the  last,  only  two  lines  of  stars  iu.stead  of  the  rule;  y3-114, 
"There  is  a  personal  Unnion  [.s/c]  between  the  tw«j  |  Natures  of  Christ," 
headi»iece  like  the  last;  115-15."},  "Jesus  Christ  is  the  Mediator,"  headpiece 
like  tlie  last;  157-1  7H,  "God  the  Father  has  received  full  Satisfaction  |  in 
the  Obedience  of  His  Son  Jesus  Christ,"  headpiece  like  the  last;  (179,  180), 
blank;  181-212,  "The  Human  Natine  of  Chri.st,  is,  of  all  ere-  |  ated  Ob- 
jects the  most  e.xcellent  &  glorious,"  heatlpiece  similar  to  the  last;  running 
headlines;  1  p.  the  Contents,  and  1  p.  of  Advertisements,  wanting  with  the 
e.xception  of  a  stub. 


A  1  Proclamation  |  By  the  President  and  Covncil  of  His  Majestiy's  Territory 
&  Dominion  of  New-Entrhmd  in  America.  [Imprint  at  foot  of  l>nge] 
Bo.-ton,  in  N.  E.  Printed  by  liichard  Pierce,  Printer  to  the  Honourable 
His  .Majesties  President  anil  Council  of  this  (jlovernment.      Bniadside. 

Folio. 

Cut  of  the  arms  of  New  England  at  the  top;  the  proclamation  slates  that 
King  James  the  Second  "  by  Connnission  or  Letters  Patents,"  on  October 
8,  KJ85,  "hath  been  gra<-iously  pleaseil  to  erect  and  constitute  a  President 
and  Council  to  tak(.' Care  of  all  that  His  Territory  and  Dominion  of  New- 
England  culle«|  the  .Ma.ssachusets  Bay,  the  Provinces  <if  New- Hampshire  & 
Main,  and  the  Narraganset  Countrey,  i»therwi.se  called  the  Kings-Province"; 
that  he  haHap)M)int«-d  "Jose]di  Dudley  Es(|:  to  be  the  first  President,"  naming 
hIho  the  (!ouncil ;  the  President  and  Council  having  "  Entered  the  (Jovern- 
Uienl  uforewiid  .  .  .  have  res<dved  speedily  to  erect  and  .settle  a  constant 
Court  of  Uecord  upon  the  place  [Narrat;aiiMett  Country]  .  .  .  and  to  give  tin- 
necessary  Power  and  Dii<-ctions  for  Estal)lishing  His  Majesties  (Jovernmeiit 
there";  they  tln-reliy  discharge  subjects  within  the  said  coinitry  from  "the 
(joveniment  of  the  (iovernotir  &'  Company  of  Connecticut  &  Khode  Island 
and  Providence  Plantation";  Richard  Smith  and  others  are  placed  in  charge 
of  the  government;  "Given  from  the  Conncil-hou>-.'  in  |{..si,,ii"  M:iy  'JS, 
I68C,  Hiid  nlgned  "  Edward  Kandolph  Sicr':" 


EARLY   AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  67 

A  I  Proclamation  |  l)y  the  |  Presideut  and  Council  |  for  the  Orderly  Solem- 
nization of  Marriage.  [Imprint  at  the  foot  of  the  paye]  Boston  Printed 
by  Kichard  Pierce,  Printer  to  the  Honouralde  Tlis  Majesty's  |  President 
&  Council  of  this  His  Majesties  Teritory  &  Douiinion  of  N-Eugland. 
Broadside.     Folio. 

Cut  of  the  Arms  of  New  England  at  the  top;  signed  "  Edward  Randolph 
Seer',"  and  dated  at  "  Boston  the  29th  day  May." 


[By  the  President  an]d  Council  |  [of  His  Majesjties  Territory  |  [and  Domin- 
ion of  New-Ejnglaud  in  America.  [Imprint  at  the  foot  of  the  page] 
Boston  I  Printed  by  Pichard  Pierce,  Printer  to  the  Honourable  His 
Ma-  I  jesty's  President  &  Council  in  this  His  Territory  and  Do-  |  minion 
of  New-England.      16mo.     1  p. 

Tliis  is  a  notice  of  "the  Meeting  and  Opening  of  a  Court "'  at  the  house 
of  Major  Richard  Smith  in  the  Narragansett  Country  on  June  23,  1686; 
"Given  at  the  Council-House  at  Boston  this  8th  Day  of  June"  168o, 
and  signed  "  Edward  Randolph  Seer':" 

Eepriuted  in  the  Collections  (5th  series,  IX.  152). 


1687. 

Tulley    1(587.    |    —    |    An    |    Almanack    |    for  the  Year  of  Our  Lord,    | 
MDCLXXXVII.    I    Being  the   third  after   Leap-year,  |  and  from  the 
Creation  |  5636.  |  —  |  The  Vulgar  Notes  of  which  are  | 

Prime     16  i   )  Cicle  of  the  ©         16 

Epact  26  \  S  Domin:  Letter.  B 
I  —  I  V.nto  winch  is  annexed  a  Weather-Glass,  whereby  the  |  Change 
of  the  Weather  may  be  foreseen.  |  —  |  Calculated  for  and  fitted  to  the 
Meridian  of  Boston  in  |  New-England,  where  the  North  Pole  is  elevated 
42.  I  gr.  30  m.  I  —  I  By  John  Tulley.  |  —  ||  Boston,  Printed  by  S. 
Green  for  Benjamin  |  Harris;  and  are  to  be  Sold  at  his  |  Shop,  l)y  the 
Town  Pump  near  the  Change  |  1687.     16mo.     pp.  (16). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces  in  two  varieties,  verso, 
"A  Table  of  Kings";  12  pp.  January  to  December;  2  pj).  "  Prognostiea 
Georgica  :  Or  the  Country-mans  |  Weather-Glass,"  headpiece  a  line  of  bor- 
der pieces,  a  rule,  and  a  similar  line  of  pieces  inverted;  at  the  end  of  the  List 
page  ten  lines  relating  to  the  arrival  of  the  commission  to  the  President  and 
Council  and  their  meeting  on  May  25,  1686  when  "  the  exemplification  of 
the  Judgment  against  the  Charter  of  the  Late  Goveraonr,  and  Company  " 
was  read  and  received  "  with  general  Acceptance  "  ;  underneath  this  appears 
the  fcdlowine,  line  for  line:  — 


»j«  KAKLY    AMKKICAN    IMPIMNTS;. 

Advortisouii'iit. 

Tllere  is  Appvintal  hij  Authority  n  Mmhef  to  he  kept  in 
Huston,  inid  a  Ctnninittce  is  ordered  to  meet  and  state 
the  plaee,  atid  doys,  and  other  circumstances  rehitiny  tu  the 
good  selling  thereof:  Of  which  a  more  particular  Account 
may  he  speeddy  expected. 

On  the  lower  margin  of  the  titlejuige,  in  the  handwritinj^  of 
Juclye  Sewall,  ajipears  the  line,  "  Iiecd  1  )('(!■:  (i.  UiSn.";  and  tlie 
almanac  contains  notes  by  him. 


MDCLXXXVII.  I  —  I  Cambridiro  Ephnnoris.  An  |  Aluianack  |  c.f  |  Vov- 
Icstiall  .Motions  and  (.'ontii,'iirations  |  tor  tlic  Year  of  the  Christian 
Epoeha,  |  1<5*S7.  |  Being  (in  our  account)  Leap   Year;  |  Antl  from  | 

Creation  of  the  Wurhl  .OD-'jC. 

Constitution  of  the  Julian  Year  1731. 


„,.     j  Suffering  of  Christ 

)  Correction  of  the  Calcnd  liv  1'.  (oil:  : 


n;.")j. 

10.".. 

Beginning  of  the  Ueigu  ot  our  Sovereign 
Lord  James  II.  <>;{. 

I  —  I  Who.se  Vnlg.ir  Notes  are  | 

GoMen  Nundier  I'i.  C   )  Cycl<'  of  tlie  Sun.    K! 

Roman  Indiction.  I",  j  ^  Kpact.  'J<I. 

Dominican  Letters.       B.  .\.  '   )  N.  Direction  ('."». 

I  Calculated  for  Longitude  315.  gr.  and  Latitude  |  42.  gr.  .'Jo.  niin.  North. 
I  —  I  [Four  lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Cambridge.  |  Printed  l.y  S.  (;.  Cnl- 
Ifdg  Printer     HI'^T      IGmo.     j.p.  (H;). 

Tith  page,  snrroundeil  i»y  a  line  of  bonh-r  pi<'ces,  two  vari«'ties,  rerso, 
"  (.)f  tlie  Eclipses,  1(!K7,"  six  lines  at  liottom  of  tht;  pag«'  relating  to  the  ar- 
rivul  of  Sir  Edmuml  Andros  at  NantasUet  on  December  1!>,  KiSC,  and  nt 
Boston  on  the  .Monday  f<dlo\vinu,  where  he  *'  was  Received  with  generall 
Acclamations  of  Joy";  12  pp.  .March  to  February;  2  pp.  "  Tho  Explanation 
of  the  Ephemeris  "  ;  two  lines  in  Latin  .it  the  foot  of  tlie  List  page. 

On  the  lower  margin  of  tin-  tille|»ag»'  i.s  wrillcii,  in  the  hand 
of  Judge  Scwall,  "  Itecd  l'"tli.  1.  1()S*^':  r.x  dono  .\uthoris";  iind 
on  tlie  lly-h'uf  at  beginning  in  an<ithfr  hand  is  written,  "  l-'or 
The  Wor.shii.full  Sam"'  S.-wall.    Ks(f " 


Xn/Mi  T^v  lUtrrtut:  \  —  |  'Che  |  .loy  of  Faith,  |  or  a  |  'I'realise  |  Opening  the 
true  Nature  of  Faith,  its  lowe.si  |  Statute  and  Distinction  fmiii  Assiir- 
nxivv,  with  I  II  Scripture  .Method  to  attain  both  ;  by  the  |  liitltieiice  and 
Aid  of  Divine  (irace  :  |  with  a  preliminary  Tract  evideiiciiiL:  tin*  Be  {  ing 
nnd  iictingH  of  Faith,  the  Deity  of  |  ('liriHt,  and  the  Divinity  of  the  .Sa- 
cred I  Scriptunw.  |  —  |  [Tw«»  line»  from  'i  Cor.  i.  2t  ;    two  lines   liom 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  69 

Phil.  i.  25;  tliree  lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  |  By  Samuel  Lee.  M.  A.  Soine- 
tinic  Fellow  of  Wadhain  |  Colledge.  Oxon.  |  —  ||  Boston,  Piiuted  by 
Samuel  Greeu.   1687.     HJnio.     pj).  (18),  247,  (1). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  border  line,  ver^io  blank  ;  6  pp.  "  To  his 
highly  Honoured  Friend,  Sir  John  |  Thom.son,  Knight  and  Baronet;  and 
his  I  mrtst  pious  and  vertuous  Consort  the  |  Honourable  Lady,  the  Lady 
Frances,"  signed  "  Samuel  Lee,"  and  dated  at  "  Abljots  Langly  |  Jan.  16. 
168.5,"  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces,  a  rule,  and  a  line  of  similar  pieces 
inverted;  10  pp.  "  The  Preface,"  signed  "S.L.";  1-247,  "The  Joy  of  Faith," 
and  dated  on  j).  247,  '"June,  11.  1685.  |  Die  Jovis,  at  |  Ablxtts  Langly  |  in 
Hartiordshire  "  ;  1  p.  blank;  1  p.  "A  Song  of  Praise  to  God,"  and  under- 
neath a  list  of  "Errata,"  six  lines;  last  pago  blank;   running  headlines. 

On  tlie  tly-leaf  at  the  Leginiiing  is  the  autograph  signature 
"  I :  Winthrop,"  and  underneath,  in  the  same  hand,  "  lohanes 
Winthrop.  |  Synib :  |  '  I'  Hope  Wins  a  Throne." 


Military  Dvties,  |  recommended  |  to  an  |  Artillery  |  Company ;  |  At  their 
Election  of  Officers,  |  in  Charls-town,  |  13.  d.  7.  m.  1686.  |  —  |  By  Cot- 
ton Mather,  Pastor  of  |  a  Church  in  Boston.  |  —  |  —  |  [Four  lines  of 
Latin.]  |  — ||  Boston  in  New-England,  |  Printed  by  Richard  Pierce: 
And  are  to  be  sold  |  by  Joseph  Brunning,  at  his  Shop  at  the  Corner  | 
of  Prison  Lane  near  the  Exchange.  1687.  16mo.  pp.  (7),  78,  (2). 
[Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  two  border  lines,  verso  blank ;  5  pp.  the 
preface,  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces,  a  rule,  and  a  line  of  similar  pieces 
invei'ted,  running  headlines;  1  p.  blank;  1-78,  "Military  Duties  |  laid 
before  |  a  Trained  Band  |  13.  d.  7.  m.  1686,"  headpiece  a  line  of  border 
pieces,  and  a  similar  line  inverted;  2  pp.  "Books  printed  for,  and  sold  by 
Joseph  Brunning  |  at  his  Shop  at  the  Comer  of  Prison  Lane  |  next  the 
Exchange,"  headpiece,  similar  to  the  last;  at  the  bottom  of  the  last  page  a 
list  of  "  Errata,"  five  lines. 

This  is  the  first  title  in  a  volume  of  pamphlets  (1687-1696), 
on  the  fly-leaf  of  which  is  the  autograph  signature  "Sam'' 
Checkley  |  1697." 

1688. 

Tulley    IC.ss.    |    —    |    An    |    Almanack    |    for   th(^    Year   of  Our   Lord,    | 
M  DC  LXXXYHI.  |  Being   liissextile   or    Leap- Year,  |  and   from   the 
Creation  |  5637.  |  —  |  The  N'ulgar  Notes  tif  which  are  | 

Golden  Number     1^  M  Cide  of  the  Q  17 

Epact  07  S    (  Domin:  Letters        A  G 

I  —  I  Calculated  for  and  fitted  to  the  Meridian  of  Boston  in  |  New-Eng- 
land, where  the  North    Pole  is  elevated  42  |  gr.   30  m  |  —  |  By  John 

9 


70  i:ai:ly  amkkr'an   imtuints. 

Tulley.  I  —  I  Iiii|>iiiiiatur  E<hv.  Kaiiiloli»li.  Socr :  |  —  |1  Boston.  | 
Printt'll  l>y  Saimu-1  Green.  |  1(J88.  ItJnio.  pp.  (2),  22. 
Titlopage,  surroumled  by  a  line  of  hordor  i>iecos,  verso,  "  Of  the  Eclipses 
1688,"  and  remarks  about  the  Ainianaek  ;  12  pp.  January  to  December; 
2  pp.  "  Tully  1(J88.  A  (.'ompeudiotis  Clirtnior  |  lijiy  of  .Memorable  tilings 
since  the  |  Creation  to  this  Year  1(J88'';  (l.'))-22,  ''A  |  Prognostication  |  for 
the  Year  1688.  Calculated  for  the  |  Meridian  of  Boston;  and  may  |  without 
any  sensible  Error  serve  for  any  |  other  |ilact'  in  NfW-KiiL'lanil,"  partly  in 
verse. 

On  the  lower  inaro;iii  of  the  titlepage  Judge  Sewall  lias  writ- 
ten, "Bought  of  Benj.  Harris  Jan>'  4')'  168|,"  and  at  the  foot  of 
the  last  page  ajipear  in  his  hand  the  words,  "  No  Cainhridge- 
Alinanack  this  year." 

The  1  Lord  Del[  ]r's  ]  Speech.     Broadside.     Svo. 

This  relates  to  popery  and  slavery  in  England. 

This  broadside  has  been  preserved  with  several  others  known 
to  have  been  i)rinted  in  Boston  ;  and  for  that  reason  it  is 
assumed  that  this  copy  also  was  ])ublished  here. 

The  Plain  Case  Stated  ]  of  Old-  -  but  especially  of  New-England  in  an  Ad- 
dress to  His  Ilighnejss  |  the  Prince  of  Orange.  [Imprint  at  foot  of  the 
third  column]  Boston,  Printed  for  and  Sold  by  |  Benjamin  Harris  at  the 
London  Coffee-house.      Broadside.      Eoliu. 

Three  columns  of  portry. 

[Procliimation  concerning  a  possiide  invasion  of  New  Kngiand.      Imprint  at 
foot  of  the  page]  I'rinted  at  Boston  in  New-England   by  H.  P.      Broail- 
nidc.      Folio. 
A  cut  of  the  arms  of  Great  I'ritain  ;  "  By  His  Excellency  |  A  |  Proclama- 
tion ";  niakoH  known  a  possible  invasion  of  "  an  armetl  Force  of  Forreigners 
and  StranirerB"  upon  England,  that  "  His  loving  Subjects"  in  New-England 
may  be  pre|iared  to  resist  any  attempts  that  may  be  made  here  ;   urging  every 
one  to  lie  "  Viyilant  and  Careful   .   .   .  upon  the  Approach  of  any  Fleet   or 
Forreign  Force  .   .   .   and  use  their  iilmo.st  Endeavour  to  hinder  any  Latidiug. 
or    Invasion";    "Given   at    Fort-Charles   at    Penunpiid.  the   Tenth   Day  of 
January  .   .  .    UiKK,"  imd    sigm-d   *' E.   Andros."      "By.  His    E.\<-ellency'» 
Coininand  |  John   Wr-st.  d'.   Seer'." 

Wehkoniiiongiinoo  |  as(|vau)  |    Peanlogig    |    Kali   asipiam    <itiiiMmiiipeyig,  | 
Tokonog<pie  mahche  woskeche   Peaii-  |  tamwog.      OnU  woh   sampwul- 
t«'n-  I  hae   Peaiitamwog.  |  Wutamikausuonk    wunneetou    iioh  |  nulitoin- 
|M!iiiitog,    I  I    PnitoWPHU  I  Mr     IfirliMid    Maxter.  I         I   K;ili  |  ^'ellyeu 


KAHLY    AMEIUCAN    IMPRINTS.  71 

qiislikiuimiiiun  en   Indiauo    |   Wiittinnoiitotwaoiiganit.  |  VVussohsumx) - 
woiitauuuiat  oowosnouk  |  God  ut  Christ  Jesus  ut,  kah  |   ooneneheonal 
ludiaiisog.  I  —  I  [Two   lines   in   Indian   from  Ezek.  xxxiii.   11. J  |  —  || 
("aiiibiidge  :  |  Printed  by  S.  G  for  the  Cor((oration  in  London  |  for  the 
Indians  in  New  Enghind     1688     IGnio.     ]){).  188. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  fine  border  pieces,  verso  blank;  3-188, 
text,  head[)iece  two  lines  vi'  acorn-shaped  border  pieces,  the  lower  one  in- 
verted;  at  tlie  foot  of  the  last  page,  between  tw()  rules,  "  Finitur,  1663. 
December  31." 

This  is  the  second  eiUtion  of  Eliot's  translation  of  Baxter's 
"  Call  to  the  Unconverted  "  into  Indian,  of  which  the  first  was 
printed  in  1664. 


1689. 

TuUey  1689.  |  —  |  An  |  Almanack  |   for  the  Year  of  Our  Lord,  |  MDCL- 
XXXIX.  1  Being  First  after  Leap-year,  |  and  from  the  Creation  ]  5638 
I  —  I  The  Vulgar  Notes  of  whicli  are  | 

Golden  Number     18  >    ^  Cicle  of  the  ©        18 
Epact  18  ^    I  Domiu  :  Letters       F 

I  —  I  Calculated  for  and  fitted  to  the  Meridian  of  Boston  in   |  New- 
England,   where  the  North  P(de  is  elevated  42   \  gr.  30  m.  |  —  |    By 
John   Tulley.  |  —  |  Im])rimatur   Edw.  Randolph.   Seer:  \  —  ||  Boston, 
I  Printed  by  Samuel  Green,  |  and  are  to  be  Sold  at  his  house  over-  | 
against  the  South-Meetiug-House.  |  1689.     16mo.     pp.  (16). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  veiso,  "  Of  the  Eclipses, 
1689,"  and  "A  Table  shewing  the  time  of  Full  sea,  or  High  Water  |  at 
Boston  and  Say-brocdc  "  ;  12  pp.  January  to  December  ;  2  pp.  ''  The  Nature 
of  the  Twelve  Signs  " ;  at  the  bottom  of  the  last  page,  "There  are  Four 
Terms  Appointed  j  Hi  be  in  Boston,"  six  lines. 


A  I  Brief  Discourse  Concerning  the  |  unlawfulness  of  the  |  Connnon  Prayer 

I  Worsliip.  I  And  |  of  Laying  the  Hand  on,  and  |  Kissing  the  Booke 

in    I   Swearing.    |  —  |    By  a  Reverend  and  Learned    Divine    [Increase 

Matlier].  |  —  |  [Six  lines  from  2  Kings  xviii.  4.]  ||  Printed  in  the  Year. 

&c.      16mo.     pp.  (4),  21. 

Titlepage,  verso  blank;  2  pp.  "To  the  Reader,"  signed  "  T.  P.";  1-21, 
text,  heailpiece  two  lines  of  acorn-shaped  border  pieces,  the  lower  one  in- 
verted;  last  page  blank. 

According  to  the  titlepage  of  "  A  Brief  Discourse  "  (London, 
1693),  this  pamphlet  was  "  Lately  Printed  in  New-England"; 
and  there  is  some  slight  indication  that  it  was  printed  at  Cam- 
bridge, rather  tlian  l)i)ston.     As  to  the  authorship,  Prince  in  his 


i-  KAliLV    A.MKIMCAN    IMPinNTS. 

catalogue,  under  "  1»»S()-1G90,"  says  "ye  author  Mr  I  Mather. 
&  D:  C  Mather  says  Printeil  in  1689."  See  also  Sal.in's  Dic- 
tionary (XI.  457)   No.  46,639,  ami  (XI.  478)  No.  46,747. 

A  Copy  I  «'f  till'  I  Kiiii^s  Majesties  |  C'liarter,  |  fur  Incoipdratiiig  the  Coin- 
paiiy  oftlie  |  Massai-iiiisi't.s  liay  in  Ni'w-Eiiirlaiid  in  Anu-rica.  |  Granted 
ill  tlif  fniirtli  Vi'ar  of  his  Hi^liiK'SS  lit-igii  of  Kiiirlaiui,  Scotlaiul,  |  FraiU'e 
and  Ii-flaiid,  Anno  IJoiii.  l(J2.s.  |  —  |  [Cut  of  tlio  Ccdonial  Anns.]  |  — 
II  Boston  in  New-England,  |  Printed  l>y  S.  Green,  for  Henj.  Harris 
at  tlio  London  Coffee  House  |  near  the  Towii-Hoiise  in  Hostoii.  1(!8U. 
riiiio.     ]>\>.  (I),  I'lJ. 

Tith'page,  cersu  blank;  l-2(],  "The  Charter  |  of  the  Massaeliiisets 
Colony,"  signed  "  Woolseley,"  large  ornamental  headpieee,  running  head- 
lines. 


Declaration  |  of  the  Nohility,  Gentry,  and  Coiiiiiumality  at  the  Keiidezvoiis 
at  Xottinghain,  |  Xoveiiiher  2*2.  1()S8.  [The  iinpriiit  given  at  the  foot 
of  ihe  second  page  j  liepriutod  and  Sold  by  Samuel  (Jreeii  of  Boston, 
1689.     Folio,     pp.  (2). 

First  page  blank,  rerso  heading  given  above;  the  declaration  states  "that 
the  very  Fundamentals  of  our  Heligioii,  Liberties  and  Properties  are  about  to 
be  rooted  out  by  our  late  Jesuitical  Privy  Council,  as  hath  been  of  late  too 
apparent,"  and  that  "we  will  to  the  utmost  of  our  power,  oppose  tlu'  same, 
by  joining  with  the  Prince  of  Orange."  On  the  next  j)age  of  this  sheet  is  the 
following:  "The  Declaration  of  the  Lords  |  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  |  in  and 
about  the  Cities  of  London  and  Westminster,  Assembled  at  |  (Juildhall,  1  lih. 
Decemb.  1(J88."  Near  the  foot  of  the  page  is  the  Order  of  the  Peers 
"to  Print  and  Publish  the  Declaration,"  Decemb«'r  12,  1(188,  "To  Edward 
Jones  Printer  at  the  Savoy";   last  ])ai:e  blank. 

ili~  Highness  the  |  Prince  rif  Or.iiiL'e,  |  His  Lelicr  to  tlie  Lords  Spiritual  and 
Temporal  |  Assembled  at  ]  Westminster,  |  in  this  present  Convention. 
[Imprint  at  foot  of  the  liist  page]  iioston,  Printed  by  S.  (J.  for  S.  Phil- 
lips at  the  Towii-Hoiisc  IG89.      F<di<».      pp.  (2). 

First  page  blank,  rcmo  lieading  given  above;  the  deciaralioii  s.iys  "It 
now  lies  upon  ymi  to  lay  the  Foundation  of  a  firm  Security  for  your  Keligioii, 
your  Laws,  and  your  [liberties";  calls  their  atteiilioii   to  the  "  Dangenuis 

(Condition  of  the  Protestant  Intr-rest  in  Ireland,  reipiiring  a   large  and  sp iy 

Sucroiir."  On  the  iie.vt  page  of  this  nheet  is  "The  j  Address  |  of  the  Lords 
Hpiritiial,  and  Tempoml,  and  Coiiiiiioiih.  |  As.xembled  at  Westminster,  in 
ibis  prem'iit  Convention,  j  Jan.  22.  1(!8»  |  To  His  Hiirhiiess  the  Prince  of 
Orange,"  folldwc'd  by  "  The  Princj-s  Answer.  Die  .Meicurij  Jan.  2.'t.  Hi89." 
Also  Orders  by  the  I.,«tnls  "Die  Mercurij  January  23.  1(;8!»,"  and  "Die 
Sabbali,  Feb.  2.  H5H9,"  Higneil  "Jtdiii  Brown,  Clericiis  P.irli.imenlorum  "  ; 
last  pa^e  blank. 


EARLY    AMEItlCAN    IMPRINTS.  73 

[Letter  concerning  the  surrender  of  Sir  Edmund   Andros.     Imprint  at  the 
foot  of  tlie  page]  Boston  Printed  by  S.  Green.    ICSO.    Broadside.    Folio. 

"At  tlic  Town-IIonse  in  |  Boston:  |  April    18th.    1689";     a  letter   ad- 
dressed "To  Sr.   Edmond  Andross  Knight,"  and  signed  by    "Wait  Win- 
throp   I    Simon    Bradstreet.    |    William    Stoughton    |    Samuel    Shrimpton    | 
Bartiiol.    Gidney   |  William    Brown    |   Thomas   Danforth  |   J(din    Kichards. 

I  Elislia    Cook.    I   Isaac    Addington.    |   John    Nelson.    |    Adam    Winthrop. 

I  Peter  Sergeant.  |  J«din  Foster.  |  David  Waterhonse."  They  say  that 
the  "  Inhabitants  of  this  Town  and  Place  adjacent,  being  surprised  with 
the  Peoples  sudden  taking  ti)  Arms  .  .  .  We  Judge  it  necessary  that  You 
forthwith  surrender,  and  Deliver  up  the  Government  and  Fortifications  to  be 
preserved,  to  be  Disposed  according  to  Order  and  Direction  from  the  Crown 
of  Ensrland,  which  is  suddenly  expected  may  Arrive." 


Man's  chief  End  |  to  Glorifie  God,  |  or  |  S<nne  Brief  |  Sermon -Notes  |  on 
1  Cor.  10.  31.  I  —  I  By  the  Reverend  Mr.  John  Bailey,  |  Sometime 
Preacher  and  Prisoner  of  Christ  |  at  Limerick  in  Ireland,  i  and  now 
Pastor  to  the  Church  of  Christ  |  in  Watertowu  in  New=England.  |  —  | 
[Tliree  lines  from  John  xvii.  4,  5;  three  lines  from  2  Pet.  i.  15]  |  —  || 
Boston  Printed  by  Samuel  Green,  and  are  |  to  be  Sold  by  Richard  Wil- 
kins  Book-  |  Seller  near  the  Town-House.  |  Anno.  1689.  16ino.  pp. 
97-160. 

Titlcpage  wanting;  6  pp.  "To  the  Reader,"  signed  "J.  M."  [Joshua 
Moodey  ?]  wanting;  1-160,  text,  pages  1-96  wanting;  followed  by  a  letter 
entitled  "  To  my  Loving  and  Dearly  Beloved  Christian  Friends,  in  and  about 
Limerick,"  printed  on  the  same  forms,  but  with  new  signature  letters. 


To    my   Lnving  and    Dearly  Beloved  |  Christian    Friends,    in   and    about  | 
Limerick.     No  titlcpage.      16mo.     ])p.  40^  (3). 

Headpiece  of  eight  urn-sha))ed  border  pieces;  1-40,  text,  signed  "  John 
Baily,"  and  dated  "May  8.  1684";  3  pp.  "Postscript,"  signed  "Jolm 
Baily,"  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces,  a  rule,  and  a  line  of  similar  pieces 
inverted  :  last  page  blank  ;  follows  "  Man's  chief  End." 

The  title  of  tlie  address  to  his  friends  on  the  first  page  varies 
slightly  in  different  copies.  On  the  verso  of  the  last  leaf  of 
the  "  Postscript  "  is  the  following  entry  :  — 

Abigail  Willis:  hur  Boock  which  was  bur  Grandfarthers  roat  by  him  in 
the  year  1689  direackted  to  his  freuds  in  Ireland  hea  deaparted  this  life  in 
Watertown  ;uid  Bured  in  Boston  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1697  :  Burrid  in  the 
Common  Burring  Place  near  the  Alems  House  Now  Liveing  of  his  Ofspring 
in  Boston  tw<io  Greait  Grandchildren  Nams  Sarah  Bdknap  Abiiral  :  Willis 
Greait  Greait  (Jrandchildren  Names  Char  :  Willis  Jr  Nathn"  Willis  Abigail 
Willis.      1771,  May  28. 


(4  EARLY    AMKRICAN    IMPRINTS. 

Meiimrablo  Pniviili-iu'cs,  |  n'latiiijsj  to  |  Witchcrafts  |  and  Possossions.  |  A 
Faitliful  Accouut  of  many  Wt)ndorful  ami  8ur-  |  prising  Things,  that 
have  bcfiiUfn  several  Be-  |  witched  and  Possessed  Persons  in  New 
England.  |  Particnlarly,  A  Narrative  of  the  uiarvellons  |  Trouble  and 
lidcif,  Exiu-ricnccd  by  a  pious  Fa-  |  uiily  in  Boston,  very  lately  aiid  sadly 
nudested  |  with  Evil  Spirits,  j  Wliereiinto  is  added,  |  A  Discourse  deliv- 
ered unto  a  Ct)ngregatiou  in  |  Boston,  on  the  Occasion  of  tliat  Ilhistrioiis 
Pro-  I  videuce.  As  also  |  A  Discourse  delivered  unto  the  same  Con- 
gretra-  |  tion;  on  the  •►ccasion  of  an  horriltle  Self-.Mur-  |  der  Committed 
in  the  Town.  |  With  an  Appemlix,  in  vindication  of  a  Chapter  |  in  a 
late  Bixdv  of  Remarkable  Providences,  from  |  the  Calumnies  of  a  Quaker 
at  Peu-silvania.  |  —  |  Written  Uy  Cnttou  Mather,  Minister  of  the 
Gospel.  I  —  I  And  Recommended  by  tiie  Ministers  |  of  Boston  and 
Charlestcm  |  —  ||  Printed  at  Boston  "in  N.England  by  R.  P.  lt;89.  | 
Sidd  by  Joseph  Brunniug,  at  liis  Shop  at  tlie  Cor-  |  ner  of  the  Prison- 
Lane  next  the  Exchange.      IGmo.     pp.  (1<>),  7"),  21,  UK  (1),  11. 

Titlepage,  vei:io  blank:  ■_'  pp.  "To  tlie  Ibmourable  Wait  Wiiithrop 
Esq,"  signed  "  C.  Matlier  "  ;  4  ]»]>  "To  the  Reader,"  signed  "  Ciiarles  .Mor- 
ion. I  James  .\llen.  |  J<»sliua  Moodey.  |  Sauund  Willard,"  running  lieadlines  ; 
2  pp.  ''The  Introduction";  1-41,  "Witchcrafts  and  Possessions";  42-44, 
"  Post.script,"  dated  and  "Finished,  June  "th,  16.S9";  45,  "Mantissa"; 
46-53,  Narrative  continued,  signed  "  Jcdm  Goodwin,"  and  dated  "  Decemb. 
12.  1688";  54-75,  Examples;  1-21,  "A  Discourse  on  the  Power  and 
Malice  of  the  |  Devils,"  running  headlines;  1-iO,  "A  Discourse  on  Witch- 
craft," running  headlines ;  1  p.  "  Notandvm  "  ;  1  p.  blank;  1-14.  "Appen- 
dix," headpiece,  a  line  of  border  piec<'s,  and  a  similar  line  inverted. 

Al  ilie  bottom  of  page  7r»  Mr.  Mather  says  of  the  two  Dis- 
courses at  tlie  end  of  the  book  :  "tlie  Latter  of  whith  was  de- 
livered unto  my  own  Conon;oati(jn ;  on  the  Occasion  of  what 
befel  (rootlunns  Children  :  but  the  Former  of  them  was  delivir  d 
unto  the  same  C(jngreoati»)n  on  the  Occasiiui  id'  ;i  hnrriblc  Self- 
murder  coinmilt«*d  by  a  pussessed  woman  in  llic  Xciohbourhood." 


A  I  Narrative  |  of  the  MiMories  t)f  ]  New-England,  |  by  Reason  of  an  |  .\rld- 
trary  (Jovernmenl  ]  Erected  there.  [By  Increa.se  Mather.]  No  lille- 
jMige.      12mo.      pp.  8. 

Thi.s  ]»am)ihl('t  bears  no  imprint,  but  I  think  that  it  was 
published  at  Piust<»n.  It  dillcrs  sliojitly  fmni  tho  <(»i'y  n-prinled 
in  "The  Publieations  of  the  Trince  Society  "( ,\ndins  i'lacls,  II. 
'.'>),  and  may  have  hern  an  i-arlicr  edition,  in  tht-  <"alahioue  of 
the  (barter- i '.row n  Library,  tln^  title  is  cntrn-d  iimlcr  tin-  year 
1G89,  though  no  hint  is  given  as  to  ihe  plnrr  of  publication. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMHKINTS.  75 

The  I  Prc'sbytorian  and  Independent  |  Visibh;  Churches  ]  in  |  New-England  ] 
and  else-wliere,  |  hrouglit  to  the  Test,  and  examined  accor-  |  ding  to  the 
Doctrine  of  the  holy  Scriptures,  |  in  their  Doctrine,  Ministry,  Worship, 
Consti-  I  tution,  Government,  Sacraments  and  Sahbath  |  Day,  and  found 
to  be  No  True  Church  of  |  Christ.  |  More  particularly  directed  to  these 
in   New-Eng-  |  land,  and  more  generally   to  those   in  Old-  |  England, 
Scotland,  IreUmd,  &c.  |  With  |  a  Call  and  Warning  from  the  Lord  to 
the  People  |  of  Boston  and  New-England,  to  Repent,  &c.     And  two  | 
Letters    to   the    Preachers  in   Boston  ;    and   an   Answer  to  the  |  gross 
Abuses,  Lyes  and  Slanders  of  Increase  Mather  and  |  Samuel  Norton, 
&c.  I  —  I  By  George  Keith.  |  —  ||  Philadelphia,  Printed  and  Sold  by 
Will  Bradf(.rd,  ["Aimo  1689.     16mo.     pp.  (11),  232. 
First  page  blank,  verso,  extracts  from  Eev.  ii.  iii.  xviii.  ;   titlepage,  sur- 
rounded   by  a  border  line,  verso  blank;   7  pp.    "A  Friendly  |   Epistle  |  to 
these    Pcoplf!  cfilled  |    Presbyterians  &  Independants,"  running   headlines  ; 
1  p.  list  <tf  "  Errata,"  sixteen   lines;  1-232,  ''Heads  or  Principl's  of  Chri- 
I  stiau  Doctrine." 

The  I  Present  State  of  I  New^England  |  Impartially  Considered,  |  in  a  Let- 
ter to  the  Clergy.     No  titlepage.      12mo.     pp.  44. 

Pp.  1-44,  text;  signed  "F.  L."  on  page  44;  underneath  is  a  "Post- 
script"; a  list  of  "Errata"'  at  foot  of  the  page,  eight  lines. 

According  to  the  Catalogue  of  the  British  Museum,  this 
pamphlet  was  printed  in  Boston,  in  1689,  and  republished  in 
London  during  the  next  year.  The  author  was  John  Palmer, 
though  the  initials  F.  L.  are  signed  to  the  tract.  The  London 
edition  was  reprinted  in  the  fifth  volume  of  "  The  Publications 
of  the  Prince  Society"  (Andros  Tracts,  I.  21). 

A  Relation  ]  of  |  Captain  Bull,  |  Concerning  the  |  Mohawks  |  at  Fort- 
Albany.     May,  1689.     Broadside.     Folio. 

This  handbill  relates  that  Connecticut  Cobmy  "sent  Captain  Jonathan 
Bull  to  Albany  "  to  inform  the  people  there  "of  the  News  from  England  .  .  . 
and  what  Change  was  made  in  the  Bay  .  .  .  Declaring  they'd  allow  the  Ft)rt 
to  Remaiu  not  twelve  Hours  longer  in  Papists  Hands";  Major  Baxter  re- 
moved, "leaving  the  Fort  to  the  Inhabitants";  On  May  24  the  Mowhawk 
Sachems  ai)j)eared  in  the  Court  House  of  Albany,  and  spoke  of  their  desire 
to  renew  friendship  with  the  people  [English  and  Dutch]:  alludes  to  the 
Eastern  Indians. 

Seasonable  Motives.  |  To  our  |  Dvty  and  Allegiance,  |  (by  a  Lover  of  the 
Peace  of  New-England)  offerd  |  to  the  Consideration  ftf  his  Neighbours 
&  Country-men.  [Imprint  at  end  of  sheet]  Philadelphia,  Printed  by 
Will.  Bradford.     Anno  1689.     4to.     pp.  (2). 


76  eai:lv  a.mkuican   impkints. 

This  lias  two  colmniis  to  oiu-h  i>atj;t',  ami  ivlati'S  t(»  tln^  trovcriniKMit  of  tlio 
Colouy  and  tl)e  seizuro  of  Sir  Eilinoud  Audros  ;  siijued,  ''A.  li." 


A  I  Scnnoii  I  Preadu'd  bt-forc  tlu'  |  Housp  of  Coimnons,  |  On  tlic  ."Hst  of 
January  IGSS.  |  Being  the  |  ThanUsgiving-day  |  [For  tlie  Deliveranfe 
of]  tliis  Kingdom  from  |  [Popery  and  Arhitrjary  Power,  |  [By  His 
Highjness  the  |  Prince  [of  0]ranges  Means.  |  —  |  By  (Jilhcrt  Bvrnet, 
I).  D.  I  and  Chaphiin  of  Ilis  Iligluiess.  |  —  |  [Three  Imnii  r  pieces.] 
I  —  II  Boston  in  Xew-Enghmd,  Printed  hy  S.  Green,  and  8ol<l  by 
I  Samnel  Phillips  at  the  west  end  of  the  Town-IIouse,  1089.  liuio. 
l.p.  (1),  2:i. 

Titlepage,  verso  blank;  1-23,  "A  Sermon  [Preached]  before  tlie  Il[ntise 
of  C]ommons  '' ;  running  lieaillines  ;  last  page  blank  ;  slightly  imperfect.  .V 
leaf  ]»erha]>s  wantiui,'  at  tin-  beginning. 

In  the  u)»}ier  ri^fht-liand  corner  of  the  titlejiage  i.s  written 
"  Johannis  Cuttoiii." 


Souldiers  Counselled  and  Comforted  |  —  |  A  |  Discourse  |  l)ilivtn(l  tiiito 
some  part  of  |  the  Forces  |  Kngaged  in  the  Just  War  of  |  New-Eng- 
land I  Against  the  Northern  &■  Eastern  |  Indians.  |  Sept.  1.  IGHd,  \  —  | 
By  Cotton  Mather  Minister  of  the  |  Gospel  in  lioston,  |  —  |  [One  line 
of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Boston  |  Printed  by  Sanniel  Green.  1(J8I).  KJnio. 
pp.  (!»),  .-JX.      [Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  rerso  blank;  7  pp.  "To  my  Much  Honoured  |  Friends  |  the 
Pious  ami  Valient  |  Commanders  |  of  the  Forces  now  engaged  a-  |  gainst  our 
Indian  Enemies";  si{:ncd  "  C.  Mather,"  headpiece  <'iglit  urn-sliapcd  bonier 
pieces,  running  headlines  ;  1  p.  Idaiik  ;  1-3H,  "  Souhliers  Counselled  and  com- 
forteil.  I  It  is  written  in  |  P.sal.  CXIX.  !<•!•.  |  My  Soul  is  continually  in  my 
Hand;  yet  I  do  |  not  forget  thy  Law,"  tlatcd,  "  At  the  North  Meeting  Iloii.se 
I  in  Boston  1  d.  7  m.  |  Afternoon.  IGHit,"  headpiece  a  line  of  border  jiieces, 
II  rule,  and  a  line  of  sinular  pieces,  running  headlines;  one  copy  badly  cut 
by  the  binder. 


To  His  HigluifSH  I  William  Ilenrick,  |  Prince  of  Oianue,  |  llie  .Most  llnmlde 
petition  of  (ieorgi-  Lord  Chancellor  Jefleries.  |  Imprint  at  bottom  of 
the  page]  Boston,  Printetl  by  S.  G.  for  Samiud  Phillips  at  the  West  end 
of  tli<!  I  Town-House,  lUKO.      Broadside.      I'Jmo. 

In  thiM  broailhide  the  Petitioner  Hays  that  he  is  now  "a  miserable  and  de- 
jected Captive  in  the  Tower";  mentions  his  crimes  against  the  Stale;  asks 
Hi»  HiyhnewH  "  PleaMe  to  Pardon  all  these  many  Crimes";  and  he  promises 
to  make  "  Kehtilutioti  l»y  Discovering  some  Intreagues  of  State." 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  77 


1690. 

An  Address  |  Presented  to  the  Kinu;-,  August  7tli.  1689.  When  those  from 
the  Massachusets  {'ohuiy  |  were,  by  that  Worthy  Citizen,  Sir  Henry 
Ashurst,  Baronet.  |  To  Their  Most  I-Cxcellent  Majesties,  King  William 
and  Queen  Mary  of  Enghmd,  &c.  |  The  Ilunibki  Address  and  Petition 
of  tlie  (Jeneral  Court  of  Your  Majesties  niost  Ancient  |  Colony  of  New 
Pliniouth  in  New-England.  [Imprint  at  end  of  the  second  column]  He- 
])rinted  at  Boston,  by  S.  Gr.  for  Benjamin  Harris,  |  at  the  London  Coffee. 
House.     IG'JO.     Broadside.     Folio. 

This  in  the  main  signifies  the  "ready  Allegiance  and  Obedience"  which 
the  people  bear  to  the  King,  and  states  that  their  rights  "  were  in  the  Year 
1686  injuriously  taken  from  us  by  Sir  Edmond  Andross"and  farther  that 
"  we  being  left  without  Government  "  desire  "to  resume  a  Government  on 
our  former  Foundaticni  ";  signed  "  Tho.  Hinckley,  Governour,"  and  dated 
at  "  Plymouth  in  New-  |  England,  June  6th.  1689.  |  In  the  Name,  and  by 
the  Appointment  of  Your  Majesties  |  said  General  Court." 


Addresses  |  to  Old  Men,  and  Young  Men,  and  |  Little  Children.  |  —  |  In 
Three  |  Discourses  ]  I.  The  Old  Mans  Honour;  or,  The  Hoary  |  Head 
found  in  the  way  of  Righteousness.  |  A  Discourse  Recommending  unto 

I  Old  Men,  A  Saving  Acquaintance  with  the  |  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  | 
n.    The  Young  Man's  Glory;  or,  A  |  Wreath  of  Graces  for  the  Head 
of  Youths.  I  A  Discourse  Recommending  unto  Young  |  Men,  A  Blessed 
Victory  over  the  Devil.  |  IH.    The  Little  Child's  Lesson  ;   Or,  A  Child 

I  Wise  unto  Salvation.  |  A  Discourse  instructing  and  inviting  I^ittle  | 
Children  to  the  Exercises  of  Early  Piety.  |  To  which  may  be  added,  A 
Short  Scriptural  Cate-  |  chism  accomodated  unto  their  Cajtacities  |  —  | 
By  Cotton  Matlier.  |  —  ||  Bost(m  :   Printed  by  R.  Pierce,  for  Nicholas 
lint-  I  tolph,  at  tlie  Corner  Shop,  next  to  Gut-  |  teridge's  Coflfee-House. 
1690.      16mo.     pp.  (2),  122. 

Titlepage,  verso,  seven  lines  of  Latin,  leaf  wanting;  2  pp.  "The  Dedication 
of  The  Old  Ma[ns  Honour]  |  —  |  To  my  Honoured,  and  Worthy  [Friend], 
I  Major  John  Richard[s],"  signed  "  C.  Mather";  1-45,  "The  Old  Mans  | 
Honour  |  Or,  |  the  Hoary  Head  f(.)und  in  the  [way  of]  |  Righteousness  "  ;  46- 
50,  "  The  Dedication  of  The  Young  Mans  Glory.  |  —  |  To  the  Praying  and 
Private  Meetings  of  j  Young  People  |  in  Boston.  |  More  especially  to  two  or 
three  such  Assemblies,  in  |  the  North-part  of  the  Town,"  signed  "Cotton 
Mather";  51-88,  "The  |  Young  Man's  Glory.  |  Or,  |  A  Wreath  of  Graces 
for  the  Head  of  |  Youth";  89-94,  "The  Dedicaticm  of.  The  little  Childs 
Lesson.  |  —  |  To  the  |  Children  |  Dwelling  in  the  North-part  of  |  Boston," 
signed  "Cotton  Mather";  95-122,  "The  |  Little  Cliilds  |  Lesson";  list  of 
errata  at  end  of  page  122,  seven  lines  ;  running  beadlin<'s;  blank  leaf;  fol- 
lowed by  "A  Scriptural  Catechism"  (Boston,  KilU)  by  tlie  same  autlior, 
but  with  new  signature  letters. 

10 


78  EAKLV    A.MKKK'AN    IMPRINTS. 

TuUoy.     1600.  |  —  |  An  |  Almanack  I  For  tlie  Year  cf  t.nr  Lord  |  MDCXC. 
1  Being  second  after  Leuj>-year;  And  |  from  the  Creation,  |  5639.  ]  —  | 
The  Vulgar  Notes  of  whidi  are,  | 

Golden  Numb.     19?    ^  Cide  of  the  Sun     19 
Epact  •2!i  S    (  Domin.  Letter        E. 

I  —  I  Calculated  for,  and  Fitted  to  the  Meriiliau  of  |  Boston  in  New- 
Englund,  where  the  North  |  Pole  is  Elevated  42  gr.  80  min.  |  —  |  By 
Jtihn  Tulley.  |  —  ||  Bostou  Printed  and  Sold  hy  Samuel  |  Green,  near 
the  South  Church.  |  1690.     Him...     j.]..  (Iti). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  l)y  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso,  "Of  the  Eclipses, 
1690,"  and  "  A  Table  .shewing  the  time  of  full  sea  or  High  Water  at  |  Bos- 
ton and  Say-brook  "  ;  12  pp.  January  to  December;  1  p.  "  Of  the  Kain-bow  : 
Whence  it  is,  and  |  what  it  signifieth  "  ;  1  \k  "Or  TliiiiuUr  and  Lightening," 
lower  half  of  the  leaf  torn  off. 

This  |i;iiii]ilili't  cnntaiiis  iinmusciiiit  imtt's  l)y  Jiul,o;t'  Sewall. 


Noll  cessant  anni,  quamvis  cessant  homines.  |  —  |  Harvard's  Ephemeris.  | 
Or  I  Almanack.  |  Containing  an   Account  of  the  Coelestijil  |  Motions, 
As})ects  6cv.     For  the  Year  |  of  tlie  Christian  Empire.     1690.  | 

Y'^ears 
/'Of  the  World  r)(;39. 

Since  the  Floud  3983. 

Building  of  Lctndon  2797 


j Death  of  Alexander  Mag. 

l^From  the  beginning  of  the  Julian  ye; 

fSufferint;  of  Christ 
From  the  Correction  <tf  the  Calcmlar 
-,    From  the  Planting  of  the  Massachus.  Coloiiv 


2013, 

1734 

1655. 

108 

62 


1  Founding  of  Harvard  CoUedge  l** 

l^From  Leap  Year.  2. 

I  —  I  Whose  Vulgar  N..tes  be  | 


The  Prime  Cycle  nfth.-  J)      I'.n    r  Domiuir-al  Lett.r.      K 

19  ^-   \  Uoma 
The  Epact  2:1)    V  Xiiiiib.  of  I)ire<-t.      :ti) 


The  Cycle  nf  tlie  O  '  ••  (   •]  Uouian  Indictioii.       i:t 


I  HeHpecting  the  Meridian  of  Cambriilge  in  N.  E.  |  whose  Latitude  is 
42  Degr.  27.  min.  Sejiten.  |  Longitude  .•115  Degr.  |  —  |  By  H.  New- 
man I  —  II  Cambridge.  |  Printed  by  Samuel  (Jneii.  liiiio.  Kinio. 
pp.   (16). 

Ti»b'pnirf,  Hurroiiiided    by    a   line    ..f  b..rder   pieces,    the  i-pj*  and    b..ltum 
•  d,   full-moon-shaped   pieces  in   tlie  corners;    nrsa,  "  Hilio,"  ii| 

1  iiid  an  explanation  of  the  Epln'ineris;  12  pp.  January  to  I  )ecember; 

2  pp.  "A  PoHtcript  I  exhibiting  somewhat  Touching  the  Earth's  Motion"; 
ul  end  of  hwt  page,  "  What  «oul<l  not  be  inserted  in  the  Second  I'a^e.  |  is 
horo  continued,"  eloven  HnoH. 


EAllLY    AMEIllCAN    IMPKINTS.  79 

A  C<jiiii);iiii()n  for  Coiniiiuiiicauts.  |  —  |  Discourses  |  Upon  |  the  Nature,  the 
Desiiju,  and  the  |  Subject  of  the  |  Lords  Supper,  |  with  Devout  Methods 
of  Preparing  for,  and  Approaching  to  that  |  Blessed  Ordinance.  |  —  | 
By  Cotton  Mather,  |  Pastor  of  a  Church  at  Boston.  |  —  ]  [Seven  lines 
of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Printed  at  Boston  by  Samuel  Green  |  for  Benjamin 
Harris  |  at  the  Lon(l(m  Coffee  House,  1690.     16mo.     pp.  (6),  167. 

Tith'jiage,  verso.  "To  the  Cliurcli  of  the  Lord  Jesus  iu  the  North  Part 
of  Boston,"  .  .  .  continues  seven  pages,  first  leaf  wanting,  signed  "  Cotton 
Mather";  1-80,  "  Invitations  to  tlie  |  Suj)per  of  the  Lord  |  with  a  |  Dis- 
course on  the  Nature,  Design  and  |  Subject  of  that  Blessed  Ordinance," 
headpiece  a  line  often  urn-shaped  border  pieces,  and  two  of  another  kind  iu 
th(!  ceutre;  81-133,  "Preparations  |  for  the  |  Supper  of  the  Lord;  |  with  | 
the  Marks  of  a  Good  State,  by  |  which  Connnunicants  may  be  assisted  \ 
iu  the  Work  of  Self^Examiuation  " ;  134-167,  "Devotions  |  at  the  |  Supper 
of  the  Lonl ;  |  with  |  Some  Touches  upfin  the  constitution  of  |  the  Gospel 
Churches  which  that  Glo-  |  rious  Appointment  of  our  Lord  Jesus  |  is  to  be 
celebrated  in";  list  of  "  Errata,"  at  end  of  page  167,  five  lines;  last  page 
"  Books  Priuted  for,  and  Sold  by  Benjamin  Harris,  at  the  |  London-Coflee- 
House  in  Boston,"  seven  titles.     Sliiilitly  imperfect. 

[Order  to  suppress  "Publick  Occurrences."]     Broadside.     12mo. 

"  By  tlie  ]  Governour  &  Council  ";  the  broadside  relates  to  a  "  Pamphlet, 
Entituled,  Publick  Occurrences,  both  Forreign  and  Domestick :  Boston,  Thurs- 
day, Sei)temb.  2.5th.  1690,''  pu1)lished  "without  the  least  Privity  or  Counte- 
nance of  Authority  "  ;  declares  the  "high  Resentuieut  and  Disallowance  of 
said  Pamphlet"  by  the  Governour  and  Council;  orders  that  "the  same 
be  Suppi-essed  and  called  in";  and  "  strickly  forbidding  any  person  or  per- 
sons for  the  future  to  Set  forth  anything  in  Print  without  License  first  ob- 
taiued  "  ;  signed  "  By  Order  of  the  Governour  &  Council.  |  Isaac  Addington, 
Seer."  and  dated  at  "  Boston,  September  29th.  1690." 

For  a  reprint  of  tlie  newspaper,  see  the  first  volume  (pp.  228- 
231)  of  "The  Historical  Magazine"  (Boston)  for  August,  1857; 
and  for  a  reprint  of  the  broadside,  see  Proceedings  (2d  series, 
VIII.  54)  for  December,  1892. 

[Order  for  enlisting  men  in  the  expedition  against  Canada.]    Broadside.   8vo. 

"Anno  Regni  Regis  «fc  |  Reginae  Gulielmi  &  Mariae  Secundo.  |  By  the  | 
Governour,  &.  Council";  states  that  Sir  AVilliam  Phipps  is  ai)pointed  to  take 
command  of  sucli  forces  as  sliall  be  raised  "  in  the  present  J^xpedition  agaiust 
the  French  at  Nora  Scotia,  nud  IL'Accadie" ;  tliat  "  all  Gentlemen  Soul- 
diers,"  that  shall  "List  themselves,"  are  to  appear  completely  armed  ;  and 
nniking  three  proposals  "  for  their  Encouragement "  ;  place  of  meeting  at  the 
Town  House  iu  Boston,  and  a  fourth  proposal  are  added  in  manuscript; 
signed  "  By  Order  of  the  Governour  and  Council,  |  Isaac  Addington,  Seer," 
and  dated  at  "  Bost(ni ;  |  March  24,  ^"-^f:";  indorsed,  in  manuscript,  "  Gen! 
Courts  Order  for  Inlisting  1689." 


80  EARI.V    AMKIMCAN    I.MI'KINTS. 

[Order  for  enlisting  men  in  the  exjicilitinii  against  Canaila.J    Broailside.    4t(i. 

"At  a  Session  |  of  the  |  General  Court  |  of  the  Massacluisets  Colony,  in 
Boston,  28th  of  May,  1090"  ;  states  that  Sir  William  Pliipps  is  appointed  to 
take  command,  and  Major  John  Walley  to  be  second,  of  all  the  forces  that 
shall  he  provided  for  the  Expedition  "  intendeil  for  Canada,  against  the  com- 
mon Enemy,  French  and  Indians "  ;  that  "  all  Oentlenn-n  Souldiers  and 
Sea-men,  that  shall  List  themselves  "  are  desired  to  enter  their  names,  he  in 
''  readiness  to  Randesvoiiz,"  and  to  appear  comi>letely  armed  ;  orders  five 
conditions  for  the  '*  Enconrajiement  to  persons  willingly  to  offer  tliemselves  to 
said  Service'';  names  the  '"Muster-Masters  for  the  several  Regiments;" 
signed  "  IJy  Order  of  the  Court,  ]  Isaac  Addiiigton  Seer'.'' ;  note  in  manuscript 
at  bottom  of  the  sheet:  "this  was  Pleney  [plene,  obs.  —  full]  upon  the 
Last  fridey  Being  the  20  day  of  this  Instent  June  and  they  are  jtreparing  to 
goe  against  Canetlay  with  5  shipes  of  men  of  wore  some  with  40  gunes  and 
some  with  30  and  the  last  of  them  with  2U  od." 


The  Present  State  of  New-England.  |  —  |  Considered  in  a  |  Discourse  |  on 
the  Necessities  and  Advantages  of  a  |  Public  Spirit  |  in  every  Man  ;  | 
Especially.  At  such  a  time  as  this.  |  Made  at  the  Lecture  in  lioston  | 
20.  d.  1.  M.  IfJ'JO:  I  Ujjon  th<^  News  of  an  Invasion  by  bloody  |  Indians 
and    French-men,   begun  |  uj)on  lis.    |  —  |    By  Cotton    Mather.    |  —  | 
[Two  lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Boston  |  Printed  liy  Samuel  (ireeu.      l(I!i<>. 
Umiio.     pp.  (2),  .02.      [Two  cojiies. ) 

Titlepage,  verso,  "  Tu  the  Ilniioiiriilde  |  Simon  Bradstreet  Ksip-.  (Jover- 
novr  I  of  the  Massacliuset  Ctdouy  ;  |  Taml  others]  ...  I  The.se  Hellect ions  .  . 
are  |  Most  Hinnbly  Dedicated,  by  Their  |  Sincere  Servant,  C.  M.'' :  \—U'>, 
"A  Publick  Spirit  liecommen<led  unto  |  the  Inhabitants  of  |  New-England 
I  In  a  I  Sermon  |  at  Boston  Lecture,  Mandi  20.  Kiyo,"  headpiece  a  line  of 
ten  urn-shaped  border  pieces,  running  headlines;  47-,'>2,  "  By  the  |  Gt»ver- 
nour  and  |  General  Court  |  of  the  Ccdony  of  the  |  Ma.s.sachusetts  Bay;  | 
In  New-England,"  signed  "  Isaac  Addington  Seer.,"  and  dated  "  March 
13.  lC8g-;' 

Near  tho  top  of  page  1  an.'  wiittdi  the  wonls,  "  Siimucl  ('lit'ck- 
ley :  his  liook." 


The  Principles  |  <>(  the  |  Protestant  |  Heligion  |  Maiufaiiu-d,  |  and  ('liurches 
of  New-England,    in   the  |  Profession  antl   Ex«'rcise  thereof  |  Defended, 

I  ngaiuHt  all  the  Calumnies  of  one(ieorge  Keith,  |  a  (Quaker,  in  a  Moidt 
lately  PubliMhed  at  |  Pensilvania,  to  underndne  them  both.  |  —  |  Hy  the 
MiniHterH  of  the  (fOHpel  in  Boston,  |  —  |  [Three  lines  from  Prov.  xviii. 
I  7 :  two  lincK  from  Phil.  ii.  3 ;  four  Vvu-h  from  2  ThesH.  ii.  10,  11.1  |  —  II 
BoNtou,  in  New-England,  |  Printed  by  Hichard  Pierce,  and  stdd  by  the 

I  BookwIlerH.     .MDCXC.      Him.i.     pp.  (lo),  i:,(;.     [Thret;  copies.] 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  81 

Titlo]>aao,  verso  blank  ;  4  pp.  "The  Praotacc,"  signed  "James  Allen.  | 
Josluiali  Muodey.  |  Saniuel  Willard.  |  Cotton  Matlier";    1-156,  text,  head- 
piece a  line  of  border  pieces  and  a  line  of  similar  inverted  pieces;  various 
headlines. 

On  the  recto  of  the  fly-leaf  at  the  liegmning  of  one  of  the 
books  is  written:  "John  Boults  Book  E^  Dono:  Edwar-  Broni- 
fields  Book  1693." 

[Proclamation   relating  to  the  enforcement  of  laws  against  Vice.]      F<ilio. 
pp.  2.  ' 

First  page  blank,  2  pp.  headpiece  a  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms;  "  By  The  | 
Governour  &  |  General  Court  |  of  the  Colimy  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay;  | 
In  New=England  "  ;  states  "  that  this  poor  Land  has  laboured  under  a  long 
Series  of  Afliictions  and  Calamities";  that  is  necessary  to  bring  about  "  a 
speedy  Keformation  of  our  Prov(diing  Evils";  orders  that  all  Laws  against 
Vice  "be  now  faithfully  and  Vigorously  put  in  Execution";  urges  all 
ministers  bear  "witness  against  the  more  Spiritual  Sins"  such  as  "  the 
Contempt  of  the  everlasting  Gospel,  with  a  shameful  want  of  due  Family- 
Instruction,  which  are  the  Roots  of  Bitterness  in  the  midst  of  us";  encour- 
ages the  churches;  and  expects  the  towns  to  look  after  the  educaticm  of 
youth,  and  to  avoid  "  Factions  and  Quarrels";  signed  "Isaac  Addington 
Seer.,"  and  dated  "  March  13.  I(i89„."  ;  last  page  blank. 

[Proclamation  appointing  a  Fast,  March  6,  KiSO-Ofl.]     Broadside.     8vo. 

Heading  "  At  a  |  General  Court  |  held  at  Charlstown  by  Adjournment.  | 
Feb.  12""  1G8^q";  states  that  "the  Land  we  live  in  ...  is  under  many 
awful  Frowns  of  God";  that  "He  will  preserve  us  from  the  Rage  of  our 
Ileatlien  Enemies  .  .  .  guard  us  against  Foreign  Invasion  ;  take  away  the 
prevailing  and  mortal  Distempers  of  the  Fever  and  Small  Pox"  and  "  pro- 
vide for  us  a  Settlement  of  our  Lilx'rties";  signed  "By  the  Court,  |  Isaac 
Addington,  Seer'." 

See  Rev.  William  DeLoss  Love's  "  Fast  and  Thanksgiving- 
Days  of  Xew  England"   (])[>.  271,272). 

Propositions  |  Made  by  the  Saciiems  of  the  three  Maquas  Castles,  to  the  | 
.Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Commanalty  of  the  City  of  |  Albany,  and  Military 
Ufhcers  of  the  said  City,  and  |  County  in  the  City-Hall,  February  2r)th, 
168|o.  I  Peiter  Schuyler  Mayor,  with  ten  more  Gentlemen,  then  present 
I  Interpreted  by  Arnout  &  Hille.  |  The  Names  of  the  Sachims,  Siu- 
nonguiness  Speaker,  Rode,  |  Sagoddif)ckquifax,  Oguedagoa,  Tosoquatho, 
Odagurasse,  Anharenda,  I  Jagogthera.     Notitlepage.      12mo.     pp.  12. 

Pages  1-12,  text;  c<do]>hon,  "Boston  Printed  by  S.  Green.  Sold  by 
Bcnjaniiu  Harris  at  the  |  London  Cotfee-House.     ICOO." 

At  the  top  of  the  first  page  is  the  autograph  signature,  "  John 
Bailv." 


KAKLV    AMKltlCAN     IMIMIINTS. 


The  Sorvifoable  Muu.  |  —  |  A  |  Discoiirso  (  Ma<lo  unto  tlie  |  Gfiicral  Cmnl 

I  «>f  the  I   Massac'husets  Cohiuy,    New^Eiighiml,  |  at  tlu'  Anniversary 

I  Election  I  28d.   3ni.  1690.  |  —  |  By   Cotton  Mather   Minister  of  |  tlie 

Gospel.  I  —  I  [Two  lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Boston,   Printed   by  Saininl 

Green,  for  Josepli  |  Brownini;  at  the  corner  of  the  Prison  |  Lane  next 

the  Exchange.      1G90.      Kmiio.     y\>.  (4),  G4.     [Two  copies.] 

Titlepatre,  rerso,  Vote  of  the  House  of  Kejtresentativcs,  "May  29,  HJ'JO," 
signed  "  Ebeuezer  Pmut  Clerk  "  ;  2  pp.  "  To  my  Conntrey,"  signed  "  Cotton 
Mather";  1-G4,  "The  Serviceable  Man.  |  —  |  To  the  |  General  Court  |  at 
the  I  Election  ;  |  28  d.  3.  ui.  1G90,"  headpiece  a  line  of  ten  urn-shaped  border 
pieces,  running  headlines. 

Near  the  top  of  the  titlepage  of  one  of  the  cojiies  in  the  hand 
of  Mr.  Clieckley  is  written:  "The  Gift  of  tlu'  Author  to  Sam" 
Checkley :  1  [         ]  " 


The  Wonderful  Works  of  God  |  Counneuioratcd.  |  —  |  Praises  |  Besjxdie 
for  t lie  God  (»f  Heaven,  |  in  a  Tiianksgiving  |  Sermon;  |  Delivered  on 
Decemb.  19.  1G89.  |  Containing  |  Just  Reflections  upon  tiie  Excel=  | 
lent  Things  done  by  tlie  Great  God,  |  more  Generally  in  Creation  and 
Re-  I  demption,  an<l  in  the  Govern-  |  ment  of  the  World;  But  more 
Par-  I  ticnlarly  in  the  Remarkable  Rev<dn=  |  tions  of  Providence  which 
are  every  |  where  the  matter  of  present  Observation  :  |  With  a  Postscript 
giving  an  Account  of  some  very  |  stupendous  Accidents,  wliidi  have 
lately  happened  |  in  France.  |  —  |  By  Cotton  Mather.  |  —  |  To  which 
is  Added  a  Sermon  Prciiclicd  unto  the  |  Convention  of  the  Massachuset- 
Cidoiiy  in  I  New-England.  |  With  a  short  Narrative  of  several  I'ro- 
digies,  which  New-  |  England  hath  of  late  had  the  Alarms  of  Heaven 
in.  I  —  II  Printed  at  Boston  by  S.  Green.  <!t  Sold  by  .Joseph  | 
Browning  at  the  corner  of  the  Prison  Lane,  and  |  Benj.  Harris  at  tlw 
London  Coffee-House.  lG9n.  IGnio.  p]i.  (H),  G2  [G4].  'riini- 
copies.  I 

Titlepage,  rerso,  copy  of  Thanksgiving  Proclamation,  signed  "  Isaac 
Addingt<in  Seer,"  and  dated  at  "Boston  Decemb.  |  .'<'•  IGSit;";  G  pp.  "To 
the  Right  Worshipful  |  Sir  Henry  Ashurst,  Baronet,"'  signed  '•('ntinu 
Mather,"  running  headlines;  l-.'iS,  "  PraiHcs  |  bespoke  for  the  (i  >d  of 
Heaven,  |  in  a  ThankKgiving  |  Sermon,"  headpiece  a  brace,  eight  urn-shaped 
border  piec«'M.  and  one  of  another  variety,  running  headlines;  .'»G,  "A 
I'liH^age  in  Mr.  Flavels  Thanksgiving  |  ScrmoJi,  Preached  Febr.  14.  '""Jl"; 
.'>9-«2[64],  "  A  postscript.  |  Endeavouring  the  Satisfaction  of  them  |  that 
are  intpiixitive  after  the  late  Slu-  |  pendoiis  Extasies  and  Prophesies  in  | 
Fraiice  "  ;  followed  by  "  I'lic  Way  I'>  Prosperity"  with  new  p.ige  numlMis 
and  hiunalure  letters. 

On    th<?   nrfn  (»f  a    lly-l'"af   at    the    )»c;.^iiitiiii;,'    id"    nnc    <<ijiy    is 
writtt;n :   "J<jhn   Honker  His   Hooke   1G90." 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMl'HINTS.  83 

The  Way  to  Prosperity.  |  —  |  A  |  Sermon  |  preached  to  the  Honovrable  | 
Convention  |  of  the  |  Governovr,  Council,  and  Repres(!ntatives  |  of  the 
Massachnset-Colony  in  New-JInghind  ;  j  on  May  23.  1(58!).  |  —  |  By  Cot- 
ton Matlier.  |  —  |  [Ten  iKtrder  ])ieces  as  a  centre-piece.]  |  —  |  [Three 
lines  from  Jer.  xxiii.  28.]  |  —  ||  Jio.ston.  |  Printed  by  Richard  Pierce. 
for  Benjamin  |  Harris.  Anno  Domini  MDCXC  16mo.  pp.  (7),  26 
[36],  5,  (7).     [Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  verso,  "  A  Propliesy  in  the  Divine  Herbert's  |  Chnrcli-Mili- 
tant,"  between  two  lines  of  border  pieces;  5  pp.  "The  Preface,"  .signed 
"Cotton  Mather,"  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces,  and  a  similar  line  in- 
verted, running  headlines;  1-3G  [36],  "  The  Way  to  \  Pros})erity,"  headpiece 
similar  to  the  last;  1-5,  "  Mautis.'sa " ;  7  pp.  "An  Appendix  |  touching  | 
I'rodigies  |  in  New-England,"  headpiece  a  brace,  eight  urn-shaped  border 
pieces,  and  two  braces,  running  headlines;  list  of  "Errata"  at  the  end, 
seven  lines;  last  page  blaniv  ;  follows  "The  Wonderful  Works  of  God." 

The  Way  to  Prosperity.  |  [title  the  same  as  before].  ||  Boston.  |  Printed  by 
K.  Pierce,  for  Joseidi  Brunning,  |  Obadiah  Gill,  and  James  Woode. 
MDCXC.     ir.mo.     pp.  (7),  26  [36],  .-J,  (7). 

Collation  same  as  in  the  preceding  title. 

[  ]  I  T[  ]  I  th[  ]  1  A  [  ]  I  By  [  ]  I  th[  ]. 

l6mo.     pp.  (8),  106. 

Titlepage,  only  a  stub  remaining,  vejso  blank;  4  pp.  "The  E))istle  |  to 
the  I  Reader,"  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces  and  a  line  of  similar  pieces 
inverted;  2  pp.  "An  Epistolajory  word  to  those  called  Quakers";  1-106, 
"  A  Dialogue  between  a  Young  Professor  and  |  a  Quaker,"  headpiece  similar 
to  the  first ;  running  headlines. 

Judging  from  appearances,  this  book  was  printed  in  Boston 
about  1690,  and  for  that  reason  the  title  is  given  here.  Probably 
it  is  a  reprint  of  an  English  publication. 


1691. 

Vt  Flnctus  fluctum,  sic  annus  annum  trudit.  |  —  |  News  from  the  Stars.  | 
—  I  An  I  Almanack  |  containing  an  Account  of  Coelestial  Mo-  |  tions, 
A.spects,  &c.     For  the  Year  of  |  the  Christian  Empire,  1691.  | 

Years 
'Of  the  World,  5640 

I  Since  the  Floud,  3.984. 

i     ,  JSuttering  of  Christ.  1658. 

)  Planting  Massach.  Colony,  63. 

Founding  of  Harvard  CoUedge,    49. 
vFrom  Leap- Year,  3. 


84  KARLV    A.MKKICAN    IMl'KINTS. 

I  —  I  Whose Vulirar  N'ut.s  l.i-,  | 

Cycle  of  till- 0       1.)    I  Dtiiuiiiic.  J^ct.  1). 

Epact.  11.  r  •j  Hoiniiu  liidict.  11. 

Cycle  of  the  O     -'0.  )    (  Xuinber  of  Direct        •-'-' 
I  —  I  Respecting  the   Meriiliaii  of  Hoston,  in  New-  |  EiiL,Haii(l,  wlmse 
Latitude  is  44.  il.  30.  mill.  |  Longitude,  315.  Deg.  |  —  |  Hy  Henry  New- 
man, I'liilomath.  |  —  ||  Printed   i»y  K.  Pierce  for  Benjamin  Harris  at  | 
the  Loudon  Cotfee-House  in  Boston,  1G91.      16mo.     pp.  (25). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  hy  a  line  of  border  pieces,  including  several  stars  ; 
24  pp.,  heginning  on  I'erso  of  title,  January  to  December,  each  month  cov- 
ering two  pages;  at  the  bottom  of  •2.0th  page  "Advertisement"  about  the 
issue  of  a  second  Impression  of  "The  New-England  Primer  enlarged"; 
last  page  blank. 

The  Barren  |  Fig  Trees  |  Doom.  |  Or,  |  a  Brief  Discdiirsc  wlierein  is  set 
forth  I  the  woful  Dani^er  of  all  who  abide  Un-  |  fruitful  under  Gospel- 
Priviledges,  |  and  Gods  Husbandry.  |  Being  the  .Substance  of  .Si.\teen  | 
Sermons  |  I'reached  on  Christ's  Parable  of  the  |  Fig-Tree.  |  —  |  By 
Samuel  WiUard,  Teacher  of  a  Church  |  in  lioston.  |  —  |  [Four  lines 
from  Matt.  iii.  1".]||  Boston,  Printed  by  Beujamin  Harris,  and  |  John 
Allen.     1691.      Price  Bound  2s.  (id.     IGmo.     pp.  .ioo. 

Titlepage  wanting ;  4  pp.  "The  Epistle  to  the  Reader"  wanting;  1-300, 
te.xt,  headpiece  two  lines  nf  bonier  pieces. 

Little  Flocks  Guarded  against  |  Grievovs  Wolves.  |  —  |  An  Address  |  Unto 
tho.se  Parts  of  New-England  which  are  |  most  e.vposed  unto  Assaults, 
from  the  Mo-  |  dern  Teachers  of  the  tnisled  Quakers.  |  In  a  Letter,  | 
which  impartially  Discovers  the  manifold  Hae-  |  resies  and  Bla.^phemies, 
and  the  Strong  De-  |  lusions  of  even  the  most  Refineil  |  (Quakerism;  | 
And  thereupon  Demonstrates  the  Truth  of  those  |  Principles  and  As.ser- 
tiotiH,  which  are  njo.st  |  ojiposite  thereunto.  |  With  just  Ketlections  upon 
the  extream  Igno-  |  rain-e  and  Wickedness,  of  (ieorge  |  Keitli,  Wlio  is 
the  Seducer  that  |  now  mo.st  Ravines  upon  the  |  Churches  in  this  Wil- 
dornegs.  |  —  |  Written  by  C(»tton  Mather.  |  —  |  A  (!haraiter  of  the 
Ring-Lea«ler8  amon>^  the  |  Quakers.  |  [Four  lines  from  1  Tim.  i.  i>,  7.  ] 
I  —  II  liostoii,  Printed  by  Benjamin  Harris,  &  .John  |  All'  u,  .tt  the 
London-Colfee-Hou.se.      IfJIM.      Hiino.      pp.  (2).  110.      [Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  vcrsi},  "To  the  Reader";    1    lU',  '•  Qvakerism  disphiy'd,  |  and 
I  George    Keith  |  detected;  |  in  a  |  letter,  |  addre8.sed    unto   those    parts  of 

New-Englainl,  |  which  are  most   in  danger  of  being   there-  j  by  Si-du I," 

Higned,  on  page  110,  "  (!otton  .Mather,"  ami  dated  "Sept.  1.  KilM  ";  under- 
neath are  two  lincN  of  l^atin  ;   running  headline.s. 

The  MovrnorH  |   (!ordial  |   AgainHt  ExcoHHivfl  |  Sr»rrow  |  Di.scovering  what 

GroniidH  of  Hope  I  (Jods  I'eople  have  concerning  their  |  Dead  |  Friends 

I  —  I  ItySHmuid  Wilhird,  Ti-ardier  of  a  |  Church  in  Boston.  |  —  |  [Fivr> 


EARLY    AMElilC'AN    IMPRINTS.  85 

linos  from  2  Cor.  v.  1.]  |  —  ||   Bo.stou,  Printed  by  Benjamin  Harris,  and 
I  John  Allen.      IGOl.  |  Very  Suitable  to  be  given  at  Funerals.     16mo. 
pp.  4,  13  7. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  Iiy  four  wide  rules,  verso  blank  ;  3,  4,  "  Headers,"' 
signed  "Samu(d  Willard,"  headpiece  a  wide  rule;  1-137,  text,  headpiece  a 
wide  rule,  underneath  extract  from  1  Thess.  iv.  13,  and  another  wide  rule, 
running  headlines;  last  page,  "Advertisements,"  of  Cotton  Mather's  "Qua- 
kerism Disjdayed,"  of  James  Janeway's  "Token  for  Children,"  of  a  Boston 
Almanack  for  1G92,  and  of  an  "  Excellent  Antidote  "  for  medical  purposes. 

A  I  Narrative  |  of  |   the  Proceedings  |  of  |  Sir    Eduiond   Androsse  |  and   his 

Complices,  |  Who  Acted  by  an  Illegal  and  Arbitrary   Com-  |  mission 

from  the  Late  K.  James,  during  |  his  Government  in  |  New  England. 

I  —  I  By  several  Gentlemen  who  were  of  his  Council.  |  —  ||  Printed  in 

the  Year  1691.     12mo.     pp.  48. 

Titlepage,  verso  blank;  1  p.  "To  the  |  Reader,"  dated  at  "  B.  N.  E. 
Feb.  4.  IGOa.";  4-47,  text,  i)ages  9-12  wanting;  48,  "Reader." 

[Proclamation  relating  to  various  matters.]     Folio,     pp.  2. 

A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms;  "At  a  |  General  Court  |  for  Their  Majesties 
Colony  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  |  New  England,  Sitting  at  Boston,  upon 
Adjournment,  |  December.  22th.  1691";  sets  forth  the  importance  of  "  the 
Guarding  and  Defending  of  the  Seas  and  Coasts"  against  "  divers  Piratical 
Sea  Rovers  and  other  Enemies"  who  disturb  the  intercourse  of  trade;  and 
gives  an  Enactment  of  the  General  Court  laying  certain  duties  "on  all  Goods 
and  Commodities  coming  in  and  going  out  of  This  their  Majesties  Colony,  and 
on  all  Ships  and  other  Deck  Vessels"  to  be  collected  between  January  15, 
1691-2,  to  May  10,  1692,  —  also  making  certain  conditions  concerning  the 
same.  Tliis  contains  also,  at  the  foot  of  the  second  page,  a  statement  con- 
cerning the  French  Protestants  and  "  many  others  of  a  contrary  Religion  " 
in  tliis  country,  and  an  Order  (^f  the  General  Court,  because  it  is  a  "  time  of 
War  between  the  two  Crowns  o{  England  and  France^'"  making  it  illegal  for 
any  "of  the;  Frencli  Nation  ...  to  take  up  their  Residence"  in  any  sea- 
port, or  frontier  town,  but  such  as  shall  be  lic(nised  by  the  Governor  and 
Council;  and  leaving  other  discretion  in  the  hands  of  Selectmen.  "Printed 
and  Published  by  Order  of  the  Court.  |  Isaac  Addington,  Seer." 

Promise-Keeping  |  A  Great  |  Duty.  |  As  it  was  Delivered  in  a  |  Sermon  | 
—  I  By  Sanuud  Willard,  Teacher  of  a  Church  |  in  Boston.  |  —  |  [Three 
lines  from  Prov.  xxv.  14.]  |  —  ||   Boston,  Printed  by  Benjamin  Harris, 
and  I  John    Allen,    at   the    London-Coflee-IIouse.  |  1691.       16mo.      pp. 
(1),  28. 
Titlejiage,   verso  blank;    1-28,    "Promise-Keeping   |    a  Great  |  Duty," 

headpiece  two  lines  of  border  pieces  ;    last  leaf  blank. 

Near  the  top  of  the  verso  of  the  blank  leaf  at  the  end  is 
written,  "Samuel  Checklev  his  Booke  KiDl" 

11 


60  KAKI.V    A.MKKICAN    IMPUINTS. 

A  Si-iiptiiral  C'atpcliiciiii.  |  —  |  Tlin  Heads  of  tlie  Christian  |  Ki'ligion  | 
I'laiiily,  liiii'Hj',  and  fully  ilolivi'ieil  in  a  |  Catochism,  |  Wliirh  i-mloa- 
vours  a  sutticit-nt  Answer  to  every  |  Questi(tn,  barely  with  a  lu'rtinent 
St'uttnice  of  I  Sacred  Scripture,  and  Enables  tlie  Learner  at  |  once  with 
ease  to  eonfinn  us  well  as  assert  the  |  great  Articles  of  the  Faith  once 
delivered  unto  |  the  Saints.  |  —  |  By  Cotton  Mather.  |  —  |  [One  line 
from  J«>hn  xxi.  15.]  |  —  ||  Boston,  Printed  by  K.  Pierce,  for  Nicholas 
Uuttolph,  I  at  the  corner  Shop,  next  to  Cuttridg's  Coffee-  |  House.  1G91. 
16ni.i.     pp.  (2),  IS. 

Titlepage,  ver.to  "  X  Coniinanduients,"  ten  lines  in  verse  witliin  two  border 
lines;  1-18  "Lambs  |  led  unto  Green  Pastures  and  Still  Waters,  |  by  a 
Scrij>tural  |  Catechism,''  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces,  a  rule,  and  a  line 
of  similar  inverted  j)ieces,  running  headlines;  pages  1!'  to  '21  missing; 
folh.ws  "Addresses  to  Old  Men  "  (Boston,  1C90). 

The  I  ."Sinfulness  of  Worshipping  |  God  |  with  Men's  |  Institutions  |  as  it 
was  delivered  in  a  |  Sermon  |  —  |  By  Samuel  Willard,  Teacher  of  a 
Church  in  |  Boston.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  from  1  Cor.  xi.  2.'5;  two  lines 
from  Matt,  xxviii.  2<».]  |  —  ||  Printed  by  Benjamin  Harris,  and  John 
Allen,  at  I  the  London-C(>tlee-hou.><e.     KiOl.      IGmo.     jip.  (1),  21t. 

Titlepage,  vfrso  blank;   1-2'J,   "The  Sinfulness  of  Worshij>piug  |  God  | 
with    Men's  |  Institutions,"    headpiece   of  two  lines  of  bonier    pieces;    last 
page  blank. 

Near  the  top  of  the  titlepage  is  written,  "  Samuel  Checkley's 
Book  IGOl." 

The  Triumphs  of  tlie   IJcfurmed   iieiigion,  i  iu   .Kinerica.  |  —  |  'I'he    I/ife  of 

the  Keuowiied  |  John  Eliot  |  a  I'erson  .justly   Famous  iu  tiie  |  Churcii 

of  G<»d,  I  not  only  as  an  Eminent  Christian,  |  and  an  Excellent  Minister, 

among  the  |  Engli.^^h,  |  Imt   also,    |    as  a  .Memorable  Evangelist  among 

the  I  Indians,  of  New-Englati«l;  |  With  some  .\ccounl  concerning  the  lattf 

and  I  strange    Success  of  the  (iospel,     in    those  parts  |  of  the    World, 

which  for  many  Ages  have  ]  lain   Buried  in    Pagan    Ignorance.  |  —  | 

Written  by   |   Cotton   .Mather.  |  —  |  [Two   lines   from    Luke    xii.    43.] 

I  —   11    Boston.    Print«-d    by    Benjamin    Harris,    and  John  |  Allen,    for 

JoMfpli    Brunnintr   at    the    cornir   of  |  the    l'ris.iii-L;tne.      HUM.      Kinio. 

pp.  (8),  162. 

Titlepaye,   verno   blank;   .»    pp.    ••   lo  the    lui^iil    1  lonuiiialfle  |   I'liilip  l.<>rd 

Wharton,  |  A  no  less  Noble  than  Aued    Patnni  |  <if  l..eainiug  and  N'irtue;  | 

An  a  Favouril*-  of  that  (Jreat  King  Whose  |  Throne  is  in  the   Heavens,  and 

who^e  Kingdom  |   Kuleth  overall,"  si^jiied  "Cotton  .Mather,"  headpiece  two 

line»  of  border  pieces  ;   1  ji.  "  The  Life  |  of  the  Renowned  ]  John  Eliot  "  and 

one  line  of  Ljitin,  nothitm  more  on  the  paye  ;  •'!  pp.   "The    Iiitro<lu<'tion," 

headpiec«)  himilar  to  the  last   one,    only   lower    line  inverted  ;     I    p-   blank  ; 

0-152,    text;     li»l    "f   "  Knaia  "    .it    f.-.ti   ..f    p;iee    l.'>_'.   six   line.s:    running 

heaiUinifti. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  87 


1692. 

Acts  I  and  Laws,  |  Passed  by  the  Great  and  General  Court  |  or  Assembly  of 
Their  Majesties  Pro-  |  vince  of  the  Massachusets-Bay,  iu  |  New-Eng- 
hiiid.  I  IJegiin  at  Boston,  tlie  Eighth  Day  of  June,  1G92.  And  Con-  | 
tinned  by  Adjourninent,  unto  Wednesday  the  Twelfth  |  Day  of  October 
folhiwing:  Being  the  Second  Sessions.  |  Anuo  Regni  Guilielmi,  et 
Mariae,  Regis  et  Keginae  Augliae,  Scotiae,  |  Franciac,  et  Hiberniae, 
Quarto.  |  [IG  border  pieces  arranged  in  the  form  of  a  diamond.]  I  — 1| 
Boston  I  Printed  by  Benjamin  Harris,  Printer  to  His  Excellency,  |  the 
Governour  and  Council.     1692.     4to.     pp.  (1),  90. 

Titlejjage,  verso  blank  ;    1-90,  text,  various  headlines,  portions  of  pages 
65  and  66,  and  of  the  last  leaf  wanting. 


Boston  I  Almanack  |  for  the  |  Year  our  Lord  God  1692.  |  Being  Bissextile 

Years 

rOf  the  World,  5641 

T  111       Since  the  Flovd,  3985 

or  Leap-year.     And   i  „    „.    .         „  ,.,    . 

^    ^  '  I  Suflermg  of  Christ,  1659 

^  Planting  Massach.  Colony       64 
I  Whose  Vulgar  Notes  be,  | 

Golden  Numb.     2  )    C  Cicle  of  the  Sun  21 
Epact  22  \    I  Dominic.  Letter  C.B. 

I  Calculated  for  the  Meridian  of  Boston  in  |  New-England,  where  the 
North  Pole  |  is  Elevated  42  gr.  30  min.  |  —  |  By  H.  B.  [Benjamin  Har- 
ris f  ]  I  —  II  Boston,  Printed  by  Benjamin  Harris,  and  |  John  Allen :  Aud 
are  to  be  Sold  at  the  |  London-Coffee-House.     1692.     16mo.     pp.  (20). 

Titlejjage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso,  about  eclipses  &c. 
four  lines  of  poetry  at  the  bottom,  signed  H.  B. ;  12  pp.  January  to  Decem- 
ber ;  1  p.  "  To  Their  Most  Sacred  Majesties  |  King  William,  and  Queen 
Mary,"  twenty  lines  of  poetry ;  5  pp.  Mils,  bonds,  and  indentures,  &c. ; 
last  page,  beginning  in  the  upper  part  of  the  page,  "Advertisements"  of 
an  "Excellent  Antidote"  for  medical  purposes,  of  Cotton  Mather's 
"  Little  Flocks  Guarded,"  and  of  James  Janeway's  "  Token  for  Children." 
Rubricated. 


A  Brief  and  True  |  Narrative  |  of  some  Remarkable  Passages  Relating  to 
sundry  Persons  |  Afflicted  by  j  Witchcraft,  |  at  j  Salem  Village:  j 
Which  happened  from  the  Nineteenth  of  March,  to  the  j  Fifth  of  April, 
1692.  I  —  I  Collected  by  Deodat  Lawson.  |  —  |  [Eight  border  pieces 
arranged  in  the  form  of  a  square.]  |  —  ||  Boston,  Printed  for  Benjamin 
Harris  and  are  to  be  Sold  at  his  |  Shop,  over-against  the  Old-Meetiug- 
House.     1692.     12mo.     pp.  9,  (1). 

Tith  page,  verso,   "  The  Bt)okseller  to  the  Reader,"  signed  "  Benjamin 
Harris  "  ;  3-10,  text. 


88  EARLY    AMERICAN    INII'KINTS. 

A  I  Lottor  I  from  the  most  Inj^^oiuous  |  Mr.  Lodowu-k  |  lilioilc-Islanil,  Febr. 
1.1691,2.     No  titlepage.     16mo.     pp.8.     [Two  copies.] 

Pages  1-8,  text,  signed  "  Cliristianus  Lodowiok  "  ;  a  reply  to  "  Quakerism 
Displayeil,"  —  which  is  the  ruiiuiiii;  lieatlliiie  of  Cotton  Mather's  "Little 
Flocks  Guanletl  against  Grievous  \V«ilves,"  given  in  tliis  list  under  the  year 
1091. 

Monthly  Observati(ms  |  and  |  Predictions,  |  for  this  Present  Year,  1G92.  | 
With  I  Astrological  Judgments  |  on  the  whole  Year.  |  All  Taken  from 
Mr.  Patridge's  |  Almanack:  |  To  which  is  Added,   an  Account  of  a  | 
Plot  I  which  was  lately  Discovered  in  England:   And  |  which  was  Fore- 
told  by   the    said  Jolm  |  Patridgc,   in  his  this  Years  Almanack.  |  Pub- 
lished   for  (lencral  Satisfaction.  |  —  ||  Printcil  at  Boston  :   And  are  to 
be  S(dd  by  |  lienj.  Harris,  at  the  London-Coffee-House.  |  1G!»2.      r2mo. 
pp.  IG. 
Titlepage;  'i-ll,  "  Monthly  Observations,"  beginning  on  tlie  verso  of  the 
title;  11-13,  "  Astrological  Judtrments  "  ;  "  Finis"  near  the  top  of  page  13; 
underneath,  and  as  far  as  jiagc  IG,  news  relating  to  events  between  A]iril  21 
anil  May  5,  brought  fmm  Hull  in   Eiiirlaud  by  a  vessid  arriving  in  liostcm, 
Capt.  Walley  Coiiimaiiih-r,  on  August  5;  twenty-foiu'  lilies  of  poetry  at  the 
enil,  on  page  IG. 

Optanda.  |  —  |  Good  men  Described,  |  and  |  Gooil  Things  proimunded.  |  .V  | 
Serious  Consideration   |   of  |   Two  very  Important  Cases:    |    I.    What 
should  be  our  Spirits,  |  and    |   IL   What  should   be  t)ur  Studies,  |  that 
so  I  all  Things  nuiy  Go  well  among  us.  |  —  |  IJy  Cotton  Mather.  |  —  | 
In  Two  .Sermons;  Whereof  Gne,  was  |  Preached  unto  the  Governoiir,  | 
and   (general    Court,  of  the   Pro-  j  vince   of  the  Massachusetts-Hay,   in 
New-  I  Kngland;  at  their  Fir.st  Session:  June  !•.  |  1G!»2.  |  —  |  Published 
l»y  Authority  |  —  ||   IJoston,  Printed  and  Sold  by  Henjamin  |  Harris,  at 
the  London-Coffee- House.      lG!f.'.      IG |.|..  (G).  '.ill. 

Titlej)age,  cerso  blank;  f  pp.  ''To  His  Kxcellency,  |  Sir  William  Phipjis, 
Kt.  I  (jovernoiir  of  the  .Massachusetts  Province,  |  and  (Jeneral  of  New-Kng- 
land,"  signed  "  (!otton  .Mather";  l-!*!),  "(J I  Men  |  Described.  ]  In  a  Ser- 
mon, Directeil  unto  the  |  (Jovernour,  of  New-  |  England";  list  of  "  Errata" 
at  the  fiM.I  i.f  piiye  UU,  live  Hues. 

[Proclamation  appointing  Thank.'<giving  July  11,  l'i!»-.J  Ur«i;idside.  Folio. 
•'  IJy  the  I  (Jovernonr,  ('oiincil,  |  and  j  Kepresentatives,  |  Convened  in 
H  Great  and  (ieneral  Couit,  or  Assembly  of  ]  Their  Majesties  Province  of 
the  .Mat*Ha«-huH«-ltH-IJay:  |  Held  at  Moston  the  Hth  of  Junr-.  1G!I2  "  ;  refers  to 
the  continued  peacx-  in  the  three  Kingdoms  ;  to  the  "safe  Arrival  to  His  Ex- 
cellency, our  Governoiir,  atid  the  lleverend  Mr.  Increase  Mather,  who  have 
InduHtrioUHly  Kiuleav«inred  the  S«'rvic<'  of  this  People,  and  have  brought  over 
with  them  a  Settlement  of  (iovernmeiit  ";  speaks  of  the  "  comfortable  Impes 
of  an  Han'e«t,"  the  "  HestraintH  upon  our  Em-mieH."  c-specially  their  Defeat 
"in  n  late  Atlaek  upon  the  Eastern  Parts";  signed  "  Hy  Order  of  (he 
Govern«»nr  Ac  Council,  &c.  |  Isaac.  Adilington,  Seer." 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  89 

[Proclamatinu  rolating  to  tlic  (irdcrly  l)clia\ior  of  soldiers  and  seainon,  and  the 
enforconient  of  laws  aijaiiist  Vifo.  Imprint  at  foot  of  the  page]  Printed 
by  Ik-njaniiii  Harris,  Printer  to  his  Excellency,  the  Go%'ern()nr  and  Coun- 
cil. I  leiCi.     broadside.     F.dio. 

A  cut  of  the  arms  of  Great  Britain  ;  "  By  His  |  Excellency  |  the  |  Gov- 
ernor " ;  states  that  some  among  the  .Soldiers  and  Seamen  "  have  passed  the 
liounds  of  their  Duty,  and  my  Order,  by  putting  the  same  in  Execution  in  a 
violent  and  disorderly  manner,"  etc. ;  and  requires  "  All  Justices  of  the  Peace, 
Constables,  Tithinginen,  or  what-ever  other  Officers,  as  well  Civil  as  Mili- 
tary ...  to  dicliardge  the  Duty  of  tlu-ir  ])laces,  with  all  fidelity,"  and  es- 
pecially to  see  that  "  all  the  wholsome  Laws  here  in  Force  against  Vices  of 
all  kinds"  be  "immediately  and  iuipartially  put  in  Execution";  "Given  at 
Boston,  and  Dated  the  27th  day  of  July,  1C92." 

Some  Miscellany  |  Observations  |  on  our  present  Debates  respecting  |  Witch- 
crafts, in  a  Dialogue  |  between  S.  &  B.  |  —  |  By  P.  E.  and  J.  A.  |  —  || 
Phila.lelphia,  Printed  by  William  P.radford,  for  llezekiah  A^sher.  |  1692. 
No  titlepage.     IGmo.     pp.  IG. 

Prince,  in  bis  catalogue,  under  "1691-1700,"  says,  "This  was 
wrote  l)y  y*'  Eev'^  Mr.  Willard."  See  Calef's  "  More  Wonders  of 
the  Invisible  World  "  (London,  1700),  page  38 ;  and  also  "  The 
Congregational  Quarterly"  (XL  400-415)  for  July,  1869,  where 
a  reprint  of  the  pamphlet  is  given.  It  has  been  supposed  that 
"  S.  &  B."  who  carry  on  the  Dialogue  were  intended  for  Stough- 
ton  and  Brattle,  or  perhaps  for  Salem  and  Boston  ;  and  the 
initials  "  P.  E.  and  J.  A."  were  probably  used  to  mislead  the 
reader  in  regard  to  the  authorship. 


1693. 

Acts  I  and  |  Laws,  |  Passed  by  the  Great  and-  General  |  Court  or  Assembly 
of  Their  |  Majesties  Province  of  the  |  Massachusetts-Bay,  in  |  New- 
England.  I  Convened  and  held  at  Boston,  the  Thirty-first  |  Day  of  ^Lay, 
1693.  I  Anno  Eegni  Guilelmi,  et  Mariae,  Kegis  et  lleginae,  Angliae,  | 
Scotiae,  Franciae,  et  Hiberniae,  Quiuto.  |  [16  border  pieces  arranged  in 
the  foi-m  of  a  diamond.]  |  —  ||  Boston.  |  Printed  by  Bartholomew 
Green,  and  Sold  by  |  Samuel  Phillips.     1G93.     4to.     pp.  15. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  lioi-dei-  pieces,  verso  blank  ;  3-15,  text, 
various  headlines;  last  l)age  blank. 

Acts  I  and  |  Laws,  |  [title  continues  same  as  above].  |  Begun  at  Boston,  the 
Thirty-first  Day  of  May.  1G93.  |  And  Continued  by  Adjournment  unto 
Thursday  the  Sixth  |  Day  of  July  folhivving:  Being  the  Second  Sessions. 
I  [continues  same  as  last  title.]     4to.     pp.  4. 

Titlepage,  verso  blank;   3.  4,  text,  licadliues. 


90  EAULY    AMERICAN    IMriJlNTR. 

Acts  I  and  |  Laws,  [title  coutiuues  same  as  before].  |  Conveued  ami  Held  at 
Boston,  the  Eight  Day  |  of  November.  1G93.  |  [same  as  in  last  title],  j 
[Cut  of  tlio  Anns  of  Great  Britain.]  |  —  ||  [same  inijirint  as  before]. 
4to.     pp.  (2).  19  4S. 

Titlepaui'.  I'l'iso  blaiilv  :    IH-IS,  text,  xarimis  IuMdliiifS. 


Tulley  109.3  |  —  |  An  |  Almanack  |  for  the  Year  of  our  L..rd,  |  MDCXCIII. 
I  Being  first  after  Leap- Year.  |  And  from  tlie  Creation.  |  5Gl'i.  | 
Wherein  is  Contained,  Astronomical  Obser-  |  rations  from  the  Suns 
Ingress  into  Aries,  and  |  tlie  other  Cardinal  Points,  with  an  Account  | 
of  the  Eclipses,  Conjunctions,  and  other  |  Configurations  of  the  Celestial 
Bodies.  I  With  a  brief  Discourse  of  tiie  natural  causes  of  |  Watry 
Meteors,  as  Snow,  ILiil,  Kain,  &:c.  |  Calculated  for  and  fitted  to  the 
Meridian  of  Boston  in  |  Xew-En<,'land,  wliere  the  North  l*ole  is  Elevated 
42.  I  gr.  .'10  mill.  But  may  indlHcrently  serve  any  ]»art  |  of  New-Eng- 
land. I  —  I  By  Jidin  Tulley  |  — ||  Boston  Printed,  by  Beujamiu  Harris 
at  the  I  Loudon-Coflee- House.      1693.      lOmo.     pp.  (21). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  rerso,  vulgar  notes, 
zodiac,  etc.  ;  12  pp.  January  to  December;  1  p.  "  a  Table  of  all  tlie  Kings 
and  Queens  since  the  Coiifjuest,''  and  seven  lines  of  jmetry;  1  p.  '*Some  few 
Lines  by  another  Hand,  we  shall  leave  to  |  the  lnteri)retation  of  'I'iine,  & 
the  Intelligent  |  Reader";  H  pp.  "Of  the  Edijises  this  present  |  Year, 
1G93,"  four  pages  in  tlie  midille  wanting;  at  the  bottom  o\'  Hth  i>age  ••  Ad- 
vertisenient  "  of  Wonders  of  the  Invisible  World  "Sold  by  Benjamin  Har- 
ris"; a  leaf  i)asted  on  at  the  end  hea<l<'d  "A  Table  of  the  Courts,"  in  two 
columns,  with  "Advertisement"  of  Acts  and  Laws  of  1<)92,  at  bottom  of 
the  second  c<dumn,  underneath  appears  "  Printeil  &i.  sold  by  Beii.  Harris," 
verso  blank. 


Tulley  1C93  |  [title  continues  .same  as  before].  ||  Hoston  Printed,  by  iMiijainin 
Harris  for  I  Samuel  Phillips.      1(;93.      \*>i\i<>.     pp.  (2(;). 

Collation  saim;  as  before  to  foot  of  Kitli  page;  a  copy  of  the  leaf  similar 
to  the  one  at  the  end  of  the  other  edition  is  here  inserted,  facing  *'()f  the 
Kdipses,"  rccin  liluiik  ;  collation  same  to  foot  of  the  last  page  where  the 
luHt  line  is  "Sold  by  Samuel  Phillips." 

Christ'H  Kidelily  |  thr-  only  |  Shield  |  against  |  Sataiis  ,Mali:,'nity.  |  Asserted 
ill  n  I  Sermon  |  Delivered  at  Salem -VUhitre,  the  21th  of  |  March,  l(i92. 
lleiiii;  Lecture-day  tlu-re,  and  |  a  time  of  Piiblick  E.xaiiiiiiatioii,  of  some 
SiiH-  I  pected  for  Witchcraft.  |  —  |  By  Deodal  Lawsoii,  formerly  Pre.icher 
of  the  I  (toHpej  there  |  —  |  [Four  lines  fidiii  l{ev.  xii.  12;  two  lines  from 
Hoiii.  xvi,  20,]  I  —  II  lioHton  Priiile.l,  by  B.  Harris,  A;  Sold  by  Nicholas 
I  Huttolph,  next  toGuttridg'HCoiree-Hoiise.     li;:i:i.     Kimo.    pp.  (7),  79. 

Titlepiige,  vrmo,  "  I/icenHed  ac-  |  conliiig  to  |  Order";  2  pp.  "  'I'o  the  Wor- 
Hhipfiil  I  niid  I  Worlliily   Honoiirr'd  j  Bartli<dom(!\v   (iiilney  |  .John  lialhorne 


EAIILY    AMERICAN   IMPRINTS.  91 

I  Jouatlian  Corwiii  Esqrs.  |  Together  with  the  Reverend  |  Mr.  Jolin  Hig- 
ginsou  Pastor,  |  aud  |  Mr.  NichohiS  Noyes  Teacher  |  of  the  Church  of  Christ 
at  Salem,"  signed  "  Deodat  LavA'Sou  "  ;  Address  to  the  public  signed  "In- 
crease Mather,  Coll.  Ilarv.  Praes.  |  Charles  Morton  |  James  Allen.  |  Samuel 
Willard.  |  John  IJailey  |  Cotton  Mather." ;  3  pj).  "  To  all  my  Christian 
Friends  and  Ac(iuaintance ;  |  the  Inhabitants  of  Salem-Village,"  signed 
"  Deodat  Lawson  "  ;  1  p.  blank  ;  7  pp.  "  To  the  Reader,"  signed  "  Deodat 
Lawson,"  wanting;  1-79,  "  Christs  Fidelity  |  the  only  |  Shield  |  against  | 
Sataus  Malignity";  last  page  blank;  running  headlines. 

On  the  verso  of  the  fly-leaf  at  the  beginning  is  written,  "Wil- 
liam Griggs  his  Book  1692." 


The  I  Doctrine  |  of  the  |  Covenant  j  of  |  Redemption.  |  Wherein  is  laid  the 
Foundation  cd'  all  |  our  Hopes  and  Hajipiuess.  |  Briefly  Opened  and 
Improved.  |  —  |  By  Samuel  \Villard,  Teacher  of  a  Church  |  iu  Boston. 
I  —  I  [Three  lines  from  Psalms  Ixxxix.  3.]  |  —  ||  Boston,  Printed  by 
Benj.  Harris  over  |  against  the  Old-Meetiug-House.  1693.  16mo. 
pp.  (8),  1G5. 

Titlepage  ;  7  pp.  beginning  on  tlie  verso  of  the  iirst  leaf,  "  To  the  Reader," 
signed  "Increase  Mather,"  and  dated  at  "Boston,  New-England.  |  Feb- 
ruary Gth.  1G93"  ;   1-165,  text;  running  headlines. 

On  the  recto  of  the  first  fly-leaf  at  the  beginning  is  the  auto- 
graph signature  "  lohaues-Winthrop " ;  and  on  the  recto  of  the 
second  that  of  "Wait.  Winthrop  Novembr  17"^  1693." 

The  Duty  &  Property  |  of  a  |  Religious  Housholder  |  Opened  ]  in  a  |  Ser- 
mon I  Delivered  at  Charlestown,  on  |  Lords  Day  December.  25.  1692. 
I  —  I  By  Deodat  Lawson,  Prea<dier  |  of  the  Gospel.  |  —  |  [Three  lines 
from  Jer.  x.  25  ;  three  lines  from  Gen.  xviii.  19.]  |  —  ||  Boston  iu  New- 
England.  I  Printed  by  Bartholomew  Green,  |  and  Sold  by  Samuel  Phil- 
lips, ]  at  the  Exchange.     1693.     16mo.     pp.  (8),  64. 

Titlepage,  verso,  "Imprimatur,  |  Increase  Mather.  |  July.  27.  |  1693,"  all 
witliin  two  border  lines,  the  lower  one  inverted;  1  p.  "To  the  Worshipful  | 
and  I  Worthily  Honoured  |  Samuel  Sewal  Esq.,"  signed  "Deodat  Lawson," 
headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces,  two  lines  of  stars,  and  a  line  of  similar 
border  pieces ;  5  pp.  "  To  the  |  Reader,"  signed  "  Deodat  Lawson,"  and  dated 
at  "  Boston.  N.  E.  |  May.  12.  |  1693,"  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces,  and 
a  line  of  similar  inverted  pieces;  1-64,  "  The  Duty  &  Property  |  of  a  Reli- 
gious House-  I  holder,"  headpiece  similar  to  the  last  with  the  addition  of 
two  lines  of  stars  between  ;    running  headlines. 

The   Great  |  Blessing,  |  of  |  Primitive  |  Counsellours.    |    Discoursed    iu   a  | 
Sermon,  |  preached  iu  the  Audience  of  the  Governour,  Council,  |  aud 
Representatives,  of  the  Province  of  the  Massachusets-  |  Bay,  in  New- 


92  KAKLY    AMEllICAN    I.MI'KINTS. 

Euglaml.  May  31st.  1G03,  Beiui;  tin'  Day  for  the  ]  Election  of  Coun- 
sollom-s,  in  that  Proviiipp.  |  —  |  l?y  ImTfUS*^  Matlier.  |  PivsiiliMit  of 
Harvard  I'olU'ilge  in  C'anil>ri(lii«>,  and  Teacher  of  a  |  Chnrcli  at  Boston, 
in  Xe\v-Eni,'hind.  |  —  |  [One  line  of  Latin."  ||  Boston.  |  Printed  and 
Sidd,  by  Benjamin  Harris,  Over-airaiiist  the  |  Old-Me(tini,'-House. 
1093.     12mu.     pp.  23. 

Tith'pagc,  verso  hlank;  (3)-8,  '"To  tlie  |  Inliahitants  |  of  tlie  Province  i>f 
tlic  Massachnsets-Bay,  |  in  |  New- England  " ;  9-23,  "Primitive  |  ("onnsel- 
lors,  I  a  Great  |  Ble.^Jsinir"  ;  hist  jiaije,  "  Advertisements,"  of  Cotton  Matlier's 
"The  Day  and  Work  of  the  Day."  of  "The  Eni,'lishnians  Bight,"  and  of 
"  An  account  of  the  hite  terrihle  Eartli«|nake  in  Sicily." 

The  I  Judgment  |  of  Several  Eminent  |  Divines  |  of  the  |  Congregational 
Way.  I  Concerning  A  |  Pastors  Power.  |  Occasionally  to  Exert  Minis- 
terial Acts  I  in  another  Church,  besides  |  that  which  is  His  Own  Par- 
ticular I  Flock  I  —  II  lioston  Printed  by  Benjamin  Harris,  and  are  |  to 
be  Sold  by  Richard  WilUins.     l<;!»;i.     liimo.     pp.  (-2),  13. 

Titlepage,  verso,  letter  to  the  public  from  "James  Allen.  |  Samuel  Wil- 
lard.  I  Michael  Wigglesworth.  j  Cotton  .Mather.  |  Nehemiah  Walter,"  head- 
jdece  a  line  of  border  pieces  ;  1-13,  te.\t ;  headpiece  similar  to  the  last;  last 
page  blank. 

Warnings  from  tlie  Dead.  |  —  |  Or  |  Sidemu  Ailmnuitions  j  unto  |  All 
People;  |  l>ut  Especially  unto  |  Young  Persons  |  to  Beware  |  of  such 
Evils  as  Would  bring  j  them  to  the  Dead,  j  —  |  By  Cotton  Matlu'r.  |  — 
I  In  Two  Discourses,  |  ()<-<-asioned  by  a  Sentence  of  Death,  |  Executed 
on  some  Unhappy  .Ma-  |  lefactors.  Together  with  the  j  I..ast  Confession, 
made  by  a  |  Young  Woman,  wlm  Dyed  on  .lime  |  X,  Hdt.!.  One  of 
these  Malefactors.  |  —  ||  Boston  in  New-Eutrlaud  ;  |  I'riiited  by  Bar- 
thohjinew  Green,  for  |  Samuel  Phillips,  at  the  West  End  of  |  the  Ex- 
change.     1093.      ICmo.     pi>.  (1),  <!7[7(i]. 

Titlepage,  rt^rvr;  blaidt  ;  l-;il,  "  ,\  Blessed  .Medicine  for  Sinfid  |  Madness. 
I  —  I  A  Discour.se,  (Jccasioned  by  a  Sentence  |  of  Death,  passed  upon  sev- 
eral |  Mah-factors,  who  where  then  in  the  |  C'ongregation  "  ;  ;t:)-(!7  [TC], 
"An  Holy  Hebuke  to  the  |  Unclean  Spirit.  |  —  |  Uttered  on  a  Day  when 
Two  Per-  I  sons  were  Executeil  for  Mmiler-  |  ing  of  their  Bastard-Children  "; 
running  headlineH. 


The  Wouder.H  of  the  I uvi.-.il.ir  World.  |  —  j  Observations  I  as  well  Historical 
a« 'I'heological,  upon   the   Nature,  the  |  Number,  and  the  Operations  of 

the  I  Devil.H.  I  Acconipany'd  with,  |  I.   Some  ;\» ints  of  the  GiieVous 

MidextatiouM  l»y  Dae  |  nioiiN  and  \Vilcli<-rafls,  which  have  lately  |  aii- 
noyM  the  {!uuiitrey;  and  the  TrialH  of  some  eminent  |  .Malefactors  Exe- 
riiled  upon  cjcnmion  lliereof:  with  Hcveral  j  KemarUable  Curiosities 
ihiTcin  oeciirriiig.  |  II.  Some  Counniis,  Directing  a  due    Iniproveiiieni 


EARLY   AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  93 

of  the  tor-  |  ribk-  tilings,  latfly  done,  by  tho  Unusual  &  Amazing  | 
Range  of  Evil  Spirits,  in  Our  Neiglibourhood  :  &  |  the  methods  to  jjre- 
vent  the  Wrongs  which  those  Evil  |  Angels  may  intend  against  all  sorts 
of  people  among  us;  |  es})ecially  iu  Accusations  of  the  Innocent.  |  III. 
Some  Conjectures  upon  the  great  Events,  likely  ]  to  befall,  the  World 
iu  General,  and  Xe\v-En-  ]  gland  in  Particular  j  as  also  upon  the  Ad- 
vances of  I  the  Time,  when  we  shall  see  better  Dayes.  |  IV.  A  Short 
Narrative  of  a  lat(?  Outrage  committed  by  a  |  knot  of  Witches  in  Swede- 
land,  very  much  Resem-  |  bling,  and  so  far  Explaining,  That  under 
wliich  our  parts  |  of  America  have  laboured  !  |  V.  The  Devil  Discov- 
ered :  In  a  Brief  Discourse  upon  |  those  Temptations,  which  are  the 
more  Ordinary  Devices  |  of  tlie  Wicked  One.  j  — ■  |  By  Cotton  Mather. 
I  —  II  Boston  Printed  by  Benj.  Harris  for  Sam.  Phillips.  1G93.  IGmo. 
pp.  (32),  151,(1),  32. 

Titlepage,  verso,  "Published  by  the  Special  |  Command  of  His  Ex-  | 
celleucy,  the  Go-  |  veruour  of  the  Province  of  |  the  ^lassachusetts-Bay  in  | 
New-England,"  between  two  lines  of  border  pieces;    5  pp.  "The  Author's 
Defence";     25    pp.    "  Enchantments  |    Encountered,"    running   headlines; 
1-151,    "A  I  Discourse:  |  on  |  the  Wonders  of  the  Invisible  World.  |  —  | 
Uttered  (in  part)  on  Aug.  4.  1692,"  runuing  headlines;  1  p.  list  of  "  Errata," 
seven  lines;    1-32,   "The  |  —  |  Devil  Discovered,"  running  headlines. 

1694. 

Acts  I  and  |  Laws,  |  Passed  by  the  Great  and  General  |  Court  or  Assembly 
of  Their  |  Majesties   Province   of  the  |  Massachusetts-Bay,    in  |  New- 
England.  I  Begun  at  Boston,  the  Eighth  Day  of  November,  1693.    And 
I  Continued  by  Adjournment  unto  Wednesday  the  Fourteenth  |  Day  of 
February  following  :    Being  the  Second  Sessions.  |  Anno  Regni  Gui- 
lielmi,   et  Mariae,  Regis  et  Reginae,   Angliae,   |    Scotiae,  Franciae,  et 
Hiberniae,  Sexto  |  [A  cut  of  the  arms  of  Great  Britain]  |  —  ||  Boston. 
I  Printed  by  Bartliolomew  Green,  and  Sold  by  |  Samuel  Phillii)S.   1694. 
4to.     pp.  (1),  49-60. 
Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso  blank  ;    49-60, 
text,  various  headlines. 

Acts  I  and  |  Laws,  |  [title  continues  same  as  before].  |  Convened  and  Held 
at   Boston,   on   Wednesday   the   |    Thirtictli   of  May.    1G94.  |  [same  as 
last  title].     4to.     pp.  (1),  61-76. 
Pages  61-76,  text;  c(dlation  same  as  before. 

Acts  I  and  j  Laws,  |  [title  continues  same  as  before].  |  Begun  at  Boston,  the 
Thirtieth  Day  of  May,  1694.  And  |  Continued  by  Adjournment  unto 
Wednesday  the  Fifth  |  Day  of  September  following:  Being  the  Second 
Sessions.  |  Anno  Regni  Guiliehni,  et  Mariae,  Regis  et  Reginae,  | 
Angliae,  Scotiae,  Franciae.  et  Hiberniae,  Sexto.  |  [same  as  before].  4to. 
pp.  (1),  77-85. 

Pages  77-85,  text  ;  collation  same  as  before;  last  page  blank. 

12 


04  KAKLV    AMKHICAN    IMPRINTS. 

Acts  I  aud  I  Laws,  |  [title  continuos  same  as  before].    Tuesilay  the  Sixteenth 
I  Day  uf  Octnber  following:   Beiiiir  the  Third  Sessions.  |  [same  as  be- 
fore].    4to.     pp.  (-2),  bi7-95. 

Pages  87-95,  text;  collation  same  as  before  j  slightly  imperfect. 


1«'>!»4.  I  —  I  An  I  Almanack  |  of  tlie  I'oelestiall  Motions.  Aspects  |  and 
Eclipses,  &c.  For  the  Year  <.f  |  our  Lord  God,  MDCXCIV.  |  And  of 
the  World,  |  5643.  |  Being  the  Sccimd  after  IVissextile  or  Leap  |  Year, 
and  of  the  Reign  of  Their  Ma-  |  jesties  William  and  Mary  King  |  and 
Queen  of  Great  Brittain,  France,  |  and  Ireland  &c.  (which  began  |  Feb. 
i;}.  1GS8,  ;).)  the  Sixth  Year.  |  Calculated  for  tlie  Meridian  of  Boston  in 

I  N.  E.  tin.  deg.  20.  min.  to  the  Westward  |  of  Lomlon,  &  42.  deg.  30. 
inin.  North  |  Latitude,  but  may  indifferently  .serve  the  |  most  part  of 
New-England.  |  —  |  By  Fhilo-Matliemat.  |"  —  |1  Boston,  Printed  by 
B.  Green,   for  Samuid  I  Phillips,   near  the  Sonth-East  end  of  the  Ex- 

I  change,  l>y  the  Rose  A:  Crown  Tavern.     IH'M.     Itlnin.     pp.  (I'l)- 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  jtieces,  verso,  '"  ll!!)4,"  vulgar 
notes,  zodiac,  etc.;  12  ])|).  January  to  December;  1  ]).  "Of  the  Eclipses 
which  will  h:ipj)en  this  Yi-ar  |  1094''  ;  1  ]•.  "A  Postscript  Concerning  the 
Tides,  Weather,  &c.'' 


.\n  I  Answer  |  to  |  George  Keitli's  |  Libel.  |  Against  A  |  C.itichism  |  Pub- 
lished by  Francis  Makemie.  |  —  |  To  which  is  Added,  by  way  of  Post- 
I  script.  A  Brief  Narrative  of  a  Late  |  l)iHeren<'«'  among  the  Quakers, 
be-  I  gun  at  Philadeljdiia.  |  — 1|  Boston,  |  I'riuted,  by  Benjamin 
Harris,  at  the  |  Siirii  of  the  Bible,  over-against  |  tlie  IJlew-.Vnchor.  | 
.MhCXCIili.       lilinn.      pp.  (12).   1(13. 

Tithpaue,  surrouuiled  by  a  Imnler  line,  verse,  "  lm]nimatur,  |  Increiuse 
Mather  |  .March  31st.  |  1C94.";  3  pp.  •'Christian  Reader,"  signed  "Increa.se 
.Mather.  I  .James  Allen  |  Samuel  Wilhird  |  .b.hn  Baily  |  Cotton  Mather"; 
I  p.  blank;  C  pp.  "An  Epistle  to  the  Reader,"  signed  "  .\t  Relioboth  in 
Pocamok  .Maryland.  |  This  2<>  .Inly,  1<!I>2.  |  Francis  Makemie,"  eight  lines 
below  headeil  "  Rea<ler  "  ;  1-4,  "  Several  mixed  Qua-ries,  to  be  resolved  by  | 
Quakers  in  this  junctm-e,  for  the  .lustifica-  |  tion  of  themselves  and  satisfac- 
tion i»f  all.  I  .July  2iith.  If;!l2";  5-20,  "  .\  True  Copy  of  |  (;eorge  Iveith's 
Paper,  I  I^elivered  to  |  Mr.  Georg<?  Laytield,  |  at  Pocamok  in  Mary-land"; 
20-103,  "  A  Short  Answer,  to  |  George  Iveiths  I.,ybel,  |  Against  a  |  (lato- 
chism  I  I'ublished,  I»y  F.  M.  |  And  left  in  the  Hands  of,  |  Mr.  George  Lay- 
field  " ;  1  p.  "  Atlvertisemeiit,''  <»f  .John  Oliver's  new  book,  entitled,  "A 
Prewnt  to  be  given  to  Teeming  Women,  by  their  Husbands  or  Friends," 
HiMin  to  be  "  Reprinted  and  .*^<'ld  at  B<i>tiin  in  .New- Engl.md,  by  ncnjamin 
H.irriM." 

Oil  u  liy-l<;.'if  at  lIk;  lii'^iiiniiij,'  i^  uriii'ii.    ■  S  Willaul'     I'.odk 
U;i)4.     Kx  (If)iio  I'ntri.s." 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  95 

A  IJrief  |  Narnitivc  |  of  |  tlie  Success  wliicli  the  Gospel  |  hath  had,  ainoug 
the  I  Indians,  |  of  |  Martha's-Vineyard  (and  the  Places  Adjacent)  in 
New-England.  |  With  |  Some  Remarkable  Curiosities,  concerning  the  | 
Numbers,  the  Customes,  and  tlie  Present  Cir-cumstances  of  the  Indians 
on  that  Island.  ]  Further  Explaining  and  Confirming  the  Ac=  ]  count 
given  of  those  matters,  by  Mr.  Cotton  |  Mather  in  the  Life  of  the  Re- 
nowned I  Mr.  John  Eliot.  |  —  |  By  Matthew  Mayhew.  |  —  |  Whereto 
is  added.  An  Account  concerning  the  Present  State  of  |  Christianity 
among  the  Indians,  in  |  other  Parts  of  New=England :  Expressed  |  in  the 
Letters  of  several  Worthy  Persons,  |  best  Acquainted  therewithall.  | 
I  —  II  Boston  in  N.  E.  Printed  by  Bartholomew  Green,  |  Sold  by  Michael 
Perry,  under  the  Exchange,  lfi!)4.     IGmo.     pp   55. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  border  line,  verso  blank  ;  2  pp.  "  To  His  Ex- 
cellency I  Sir.  William  Phipps  Knight:",  etc.,  signed  "Matthew  Mayhew," 
and  dated  at  "Martha's  Vineyard,  |  June  18.  1694,"  headline  two  lines  of 
border  pieces ;  5-15,  "Of  the  Indians  Inhabiting  |  in  New-England,  and  | 
Adjacent  Provinces,"  headline  two  lines  of  border  pieces;  16-31,  "Of  the 
Conversion  of  the  |  Indians,  inhabiting  certain  |  Islands  near  adjoyning  |  to 
the  Continent  of  New-  |  England;  and^the  Propa-  |  gatiim  of  the  Gospel  by  | 
some  sent,  to  tlie  Maine-  |  land  from  thence";  32-40,  "  Of  the  Indian  Gov- 
ern- |  ment  when  Christian";  41-45,  "Postscript";  46-55,  "A  Further 
Account,  con-  |  cerning  the  present  |  State  of  Christianity  a-  |  mong  the  In- 
dians I  in  other  parts  of  |  New-England,"  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces 
and  a  line  of  similar  inverted  pieces ;  last  page  blank. 


The  I  Character  |  of  a  Good  |  Ruler.  |  As  it  was  Recommended  in  a  |  Sermon 
I  Preached  before  his  Excellency  the  |  Governour,  and  the  Honoura-  | 
ble  Counsellors,  and  Assem-  |  bly  of  the  Representatives  |  of  the  Prov- 
ince of  Massachusetts-Bay  |  in  New-England.  |  On  May  30.  1694.  | 
Which  was  the  Day  for  Election  of  |  Counsellors  for  that  Province. 
I  —  I  By  Samuel  Willard,  Teacher  of  a  1  Church  in  Boston,  j  —  || 
Boston  Printed  by  Benjamin  Harris,  for  |  Michael  Perry,  under  the 
West  I  End  of  the  Town=IIouse.     1694.      16mo.     pp.  (5),  31. 

Titlepage,  suiTounded  by  two  border  lines,  verso,  "  Published  by  Order 
I  of  Authority,"  within  two  border  lines;   3  pp.  "To  the  |  Reader,"  signed 
"Samuel  WiUard  " ;    1   p.  blank;    1-31,  "The  |  Character  |  of  a  j  Good  | 
Ruler";   1  ]>.  blank;  running  headlines;  last  leaf  blank. 


Early   Religion,  |  Urged    in    a    |    Sermon,  |    upon  |  the   Duties    Wherein,  | 
and  the  Reasons  Wherefore,  |  Young  People,  |  should   Become  |  Reli- 
gious. I  Wliereto  are  Added,  |  the  Extracts  of  several  Papers,  Written 

I  by  several  Persons,  who  here  Dying  in  their  |  Youtli,  left  behind  tliem 
those  Admonitions  for  |  the  Young  Survivers ;  with  Brief  Memoirs  rela- 

I  ting  to  the  Exemplary  Lives  of  some  such,  |  that  have  gone  from 
hence  to  their  |  Everlasting  Rest.  |  —  |  By  Cotton  ]\Iather.  |  —  |  [Two 


9»j  KAULV    AMHHICAN     I.MI'KINTS. 


lini'S  from  I'salm.s  cxix.  '.».]  |  —  ||  HcK-^toii,  rriiiti'il.  l>y  R.  II.  fnr  Midiael 
Perry.  |  under   the  West-Euil  of  the  Towu-Hoiise  1G!J4.     Kiiiio.     pp. 


(1).  11 


A  I  Narrative  |  of  The  Planting  of  the  Massacliusets  |  Colony  |  Anno  1628. 
With  the  Lords  Signal  |  Presence  the  First  Thirty  |  Years.  |  Also  a 
Caution  from  New  Englands  A])ostle,  |  tlie  Great  |  Cotton,  |  How  to 
Esfaj>e  the  Calamity,  whieh  might  |  Ik'fall  them  or  their  Posterity.  | 
And  Confirmed  by  the  Evangelist  |  Norton  |  With  Prognosticks  from 
the  Famous  |  Dr.  Owen.  |  C<mcerning  the  Fate  of  these  Churches,  and 
Animadversions  |  upon  the  Anger  of  G<)d,  in  sending  of  Evil  Angels  | 
among  us.  |  —  |  Published  by  Old  Planters,  the  Authors  of  the  Old 
I  Mens  Tears.  |  —  |  [Three  lines  from  Psalms  Ixxviii.  2,  3,  4  ;  four  lines 
from  Jer.  vi.  IG.l  |  —  ||  Boston  Printed  and  Sold  by  Ik'njamin  Harris, 
at  the  I  sign  of  the  Bible  ovcr-against  the  Blew-Anchor.  1694.  IGmo. 
pp.  (4).  7.-,.  (1).      [Twocupi..s.] 

Titlepage^  cerso  blank;  2  pp.  "To  the  Honourable  |  Simon  Broadstrw^t 
Esq;  I  late  Governourof  the  |  Massachiisets-Colony,"  signed  ". I.  S."  [Joshua 
Scottow]  ;  1-7.'),  "  A  I  Narrative  |  of  the  Planting  of  the  |  Massachusets- 
Colony  &c."  ;  75,  and  1  p.  "  A  Funeral  |  Elegy,  |  upon  the  Death  of  the 
truly  Reverend  |  Mr.  John  Cottcm.  |  Late  Teacher  of  a  Church  of  Christ  at 
Bi»ston  I  in  New-England  :  Who  Died  the  Twenty  |  Third,  was  liuried  the 
Twenty  Ninth  of  I  December.  1652,"  signeil  "John  Norton";  an  erratum 
of  two  lines  at  foot  of  the  last  page. 

(Jii  the  verso  of  the  titlej)age  is  written  the  followiiij^  in 
the  hand  of  Thoma.s  Prince:  "To  ^M""  I'.ayly  Pxjstowcd  l)y  y" 
author.  Sept.  18.  1694.  N  E.  *  N  I'.,  y'  I.im'  w"'  y"  *  w"'  y  name 
in  y"  Title  P:io.;  [p.y  M'  ScotwayJ  w"  wn.t.-  w"'  y  l.'.'v  M-" 
Bailey's  own  hand  on  y"  Inside;  of  y"  eovi-r." 


Kefonnation  |  the  Great  Duly  |  of  an  |  .\lllicied  People.  |  .Setting  forth  |  the 
Sin  ami  Damper  there  Ih  |  in  NeuJecling  of  it,  under  the  |  Continued  and 
He|(ealed  Jinig-  |  mentM  of  (iod.  |  Beiny  the  .Substance  of  what  was  | 
Preached  on  a  Solemn  Day  «if  |  Humiliation  kept  by  th(>  |  Third  (lath- 
ered (!hurch  in  BoHton,  |  on  Aut,'ust.  '-'.'{d.  1<»!M.  |  —  |  By  Samuel 
Willanl,  Teacher  of  the  naiil  Church.  |  —  |  [F<»ur  lines  from  Zech.  i. 
3.]  I  —  II  HiMtiin  in  NewEnyland,  |  Printed  and  Sold  by  Barlliojomew 
Green,  j  IBO-I.     I'imo.     pp.  76. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  97 

Titlepa£:c,   snrniiindt'd   by   t\v<t  bordtT  liues,   verso  and  2  pp.  "To  the  | 
Reader,"  signed,  "Samuel  Willard,"  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces,  and 
a  siinihir  line  inverted;  5-76,  "  Reformation  the  Great  Duty  |  of  an  Afflicted 
People,"   iieadpiece  two  lines  of  different  shaped  border  pieces  ;    running 
headlines. 


Their  Majesties  Cohjny  |  of  |  Connecticut  |  in  New-England  |  Vindicated, 
I  from  the  Abuses  |  of  a  Pamphlet,  Licensed  and  Printed  |  at  New- York 
1694.  Intituled,  |  Some  Seasonable  Considerations  for  the  |  Good 
People  of  Connecticut.  |  By  an  Answer  Thereunto.  |  —  |  [Five  border 
pieces  in  a  short  line.]  |  [Two  lines  from  Exod.  xxii.  28 ;  two  lines  from 
Prov.  X.  18;  two  lines  from  Prov.  xiv.  3.]  |  —  ||  Boston  in  New=Eng- 
land.  I  Printed  by  Bartholomew  Green.  Anno  Dom.  1694.  12mo. 
pp.  43.     [Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  verso,  "  Hartford,  April.  23d.  1694,"  an  Order  to  print  the 
pamphlet,  signed  "Robert  Treat,  Governour.  |  John  Allyn  Secretary"; 
2  pp.  "  To  the  Reader,"  signed"  J.  A."  [John  Allyn]  and  "  W.  P."  ]  Wil- 
liam Pitkin];  5-43,  "An  Answer  to  A  |  Pamphlet,  |  Intituled  |  "Some 
Seasonable  Considerations  for  |  the  Good  people  of  Connecticut,"  |  Printed  at 
New-York,  1694,"  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces,  a  line  of  daggers,  aline 
"f  stars,  and  a  line  of  similar  border  pieces;  last  page  blank. 


1695. 

Acts  I  and  |  Laws  |  Passed  by  the  Great  and  General  |  Court  or  Assembly 
of  Their  |  Majesties  Province  of  the  |  Massachusetts-Bay  in  |  New-Eng- 
land. I  Begun  at  Boston  the  Thirtieth  Day  of  May,  1694.  And  |  Con- 
tinued by  several  adjournments  unto  Wednesday  the  Twenty-  |  seventh 
Day  of  February  following :  Being  the  Fourth  Sessions.  |  Anno  Regni 
Guilielmi,  et  Mariae,  Regis  et  Reginae,  |  Augliae,  Scotiae,  Franciae,  et 
Hiberniae,  Septimo.  |  —  |  Boston.  |  Printed  by  Bartholomew  Green, 
Printer  to  His  Excellency,  |  the  Governour  and  Council.  1695.  4to. 
pp.  99-108. 

Titlepage  wanting ;  99-108,  text;  pages  97,  98,  109  to  114  wanting;  pages 
101  and  102  imperfect ;  running  headlines. 


Acts  I  and  |  Laws,  |  [title  continues  same  as  before]  His  |  Majesties  Prov- 
ince [same  as  before]  |  Begun  and  Held  at  Boston,  on  Wednesday  the 
I  Twenty-ninth  of  May.  1695.  |  Anno  Regni  Guilielmi,  Tertii,  Augliae, 
Scotiae,  |  Franciae,  et  Hiberniae,  Regis,  Septimo.  |  [A  cut  of  the  arms 
of  Great  Britain.]  |  —  ||  Boston.  |  Printed  by  Bartlndomew  Green, 
Printer  to  the  Governour  ]  and  Council.     1695.     4to.    pp.  (1),  117-134. 

Title])age,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso  blank;   117-134, 
text  ;  various  headlines. 


98  EAllLV    A.MKUICAN     l.MI'lilNTS. 

AcUi  I  ami  I  Laws,  j  I'asst-d  by  tlu'  Cireat  aiul  CJiut'ial  CVuirt  |  or  Assembly 
of  His  Maji'sties  Province  |  of  the  Massacliiist'tts-Hay,  in  |  Ne\v-Eiii,'laii(l. 
I  Ht'sjiin  at  Hostoii  tbo  Twenty-ninth  Day  of  May,  1(!1'5.  |  ami  con- 
tiniUMl  ]>y  Ailjournnient  until  Wednesday  the  |  Fourteenth  of  August 
fidlowint^.  I  [same  as  before].  |  —  ||  Boston.  |  Printed  by  Hartludoniew 
Green  and  John  Allen,  Printers  |  to  the  Governour  and  Council.  IGDo. 
4to.     pp.  (1),  137-138. 

Pages  137-13S,  text  ;  collation  same  as  before. 


Acts  I  and  |  Laws,  |  [title  continues  same  as  before].  |  and  continued  by  sev- 
eral Adjournments  until  Wednesday  |  the  Twentieth  of  November  fol- 
lowing I  [same  as  before].     4to.     p]).  (1).  141-1 JO. 

Pages  141-1.50,  text;  collation  same  as  befiirc. 


Tulley,  1695  |  —  |  An  |  Almanack  |  for  the  Year  of  our  Lord.  .M1)("XC\'  | 
Heini;:  Third  of  the  Leap-Year  |  And  from  the  Creation  5U44.  |  Wherein 
is  Contained  Astronomical  Obser-  |  vati<uis  from  the  Suns  Ingress  into 
Aries,  and  |  the  other  Cardinal  Points,  with  an  Account  |  of  the  Eclipses, 
Conjunctions,  and  other  |  Configurations  of  the  Celestial  Hodies  |  To 
which  is  Added,  An  Account  of  the  Cru-  |  elty  of  the  Papists  acted 
upon  the  Bodies  |  of  some  of  the  Godly  Martyrs.  |  Calculated  fm-  and 
fitted  to  the  Meridian  of  Boston  |  in  New-England,  where  the  North 
Pole  is  Elevated  |  42  gr.  30  niin.  liut  may  imlifferently  serve  any  | 
part  of  New-E;igland.  |  —  |  By  .John  Tulley  |  —  ||  Boston,  Printed  for 
John  Usher,  by  Ben-  |  jamin  Harris,  who  formerly  lived  over  |  against 
the  Old-.Meeting-House,  is  now  He-  |  moved  to  the  Sign  of  the  Bildi-, 
over  I  against  the  Bhw-Auchnr.      I'l:*.').     Ifimu.     pp.  (_'»). 

Titlepajje,  surroumlod  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso  "  MDCXCV," 
vulgar  notes,  characters,  zodiacil  constellations,  etc.;  12  \\\>.  .lamiary  to 
December;  9  pp.  "Of  the  Ei-Iipses  this  Year.  H!!t.'>,"  of  the  four  ipiarters 
of  the  year,  ami  *'  An  Acconnt  of  the  Cruelty  of  the  Papists,  acted  upon 
the  I  Bodies  of  some  the  GoiUy  Martyrs,"  rutmini;  headlines  over  the  la.st 
part;  1  p.  "  A<lverlisement  "  of  John  Oliver's  "  I 'resent  to  be  yiven  to 
Teeming  Women,"  and  <if  Joshua  Scottow's  "Narr.itive  of  thi  I'lantiug  of 
the   Ma.s.sjichiiHeltH-CuIonv." 


Durable  UicliCH.  |  —  |  Two  Brief  |  Discotirses,  |  occasioned  |  by  llie  Im- 
poverishing Blast  of  Hea-  |  veil,  which  the  rndertakini,'s  of  |  .Men,  both 
by  Sea  and  Land,  |  have  met  withal.  |  The  One,  h.-iniHiiig,  'I'he  true  | 
Cans*'  of  Loohing ;  |  The  other,  giving,  'I'lie  true  |  Way  of  Thriving. 
I  —  I  By  Cotton  Mather.  |  —  |  [Four  lines  of  Latin.]  |  -  ||  Bo.stoii, 
I'rinled  by  John  Allen,  f<»r  |  Vavasour  Harris,  and  an-  to  be  Sold  | 
at  his  Shop  overragainnt  tlio  Old  Meet-  1  iiu'  Hi.M'-i-.  Ii'i:i.'..  lUmo. 
pp.  (2),  3.S,  31,  (I). 


EARLY   AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  99 

Titlopai^c,  surroiiDdctl  by  a  bonier  line,  verso,  "  Preface,"  signed  "  Cot- 
ton Mather";  1-33,  "The  |  True  Cause  of]  Loosing";  1  p.  blank;  1-34, 
"  The  I  Trcae  Way  of  |  Thriving";  1  p.  ten  lines  of  Latin;  last  page,  "  Ad- 
vertisement," of  Cotton  Mather's  "  Help  for  Disti'essed  Parents,"  between  two 
border  lines. 

The  I  Earthquake  |  Nai>les ;  September,  21.  1694.  [Imprint  at  the  bottom 
of  Jiage]  Boston,  N.  E.  Reprinted  ]ty  H.  Green.  February  21.  1694,  5. 
Uroadside.     8s'o. 

Help  for  Distressed  Parents.     Or,  Counsels  and  Comforts  for  Godly  Parents 
Afllicted  with  Ungodly  Children  :  And  Warnings  unto  Children,  to  be- 
ware of  all  those  Evil  Courses,  which  would  be  Afflictive  unto  their 
Parents.     By  Mr.  Cotton  Mather.     Sold   by  Vavasour  Harris,  at  the 
Sign   of  the  Bible,  over-against  the  Blew  Anchor,  in  Boston.      1695. 
16 mo.     pp.  62,  (6). 
Titlepage  wanting;  1-62,  "  Help  for  Distressed  |  Parents.  |  —  |  Offered, 
at  the  Lecture  in  Boston,  |  14.  d.  12.  m.  1694.";  6  pp.  wanting,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  some  stubs  which  show  that  the  letterpress  extended  to  the  last 
page;  2  pp.  "A  Catalogue  of  some  other  Books,"  thirty-three  titles  "All 
by  this  Author";  underneath  on  the  second  page  is  the  following:  — 

Advertisement. 

UPon  the  Desire  of  some  Well  disposed  |  Persons,  There  is  now  in  the 
Press,  I  A  Select  Part  of  the  CHURCH  HISTO-  |  ^Y  oi  Neio  England; 
Containing  the  Lives  \  of  Four  Eminent  and  Renowned  Persons,  |  who  all 
Successively  Dy'd  in  the  Immediate  |  Service  of  One  Cliurch  in  Boston  ;  to 
wit,  I  Mr.  JOHN  COTTOX,  Mr.  JOHN  \  NORTON,  Mr.  JOHN  WIL- 
SON, and  I  Mr.  JOHN  DAVENPORT.  With  an  Ap-  I  imidix.  Contain- 
ing the  Life  of  the  Famous  |  Mr.  THOMAS  HOOKER,  Pastor  of  the  i 
Churcli  at  Hartford  in   Connecticut. 

The  title  of  this  pamphlet  is  taken  from  the  advertisement 
found  at  the  end  of  "  Durable  Eiches,"  by  the  same  author,  and 
already  noted  in  the  collation  of  that  work.  The  advertisement 
given  above  refers  to  the  next  title. 

Johannes  in  Eremo.  |  —  |  Memoirs,  Relating  to  tlie  |  Lives,  |  of  the  |  Ever- 
Memorable,  I  Mr.  John  Cotton,  |  who  Dyed,  23.  d.  10.  m.  1652.  |  Mr.  John 
Norton,  I  who  Dyed,  5.  d.  2.  m.  1663.  |  Mr.  John  Wilson,  |  who  Dyed 
7.  d.  6  m.  1667.  |  Mr.  John  Davenport,  |  who  Dyed,  15.  d.  1.  m.  1670. 
I  Reverend  and  Renowned  Ministers  t)f  the  |  Gospel,  All,  in  the  more 
Immediate  Service  |  of  One  Church,  in  Boston;  |  and  |  Mr.  Thomas 
Hooker,  |  who  Dyed,  7.  d.  5.  m.  1647.  |  Pastor  of  the  Church  at  Hart- 
ford;  New=England.  |  —  |  Written,  by  Cotton  blather.  |  —  |  [Three 
lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Printed  for  and  Sold  by  Michael  Perry,  at  his 
Sho)),  I  under  the  West  End  of  the  Town-Hou.se.  1695.  16mo. 
pp.  32,  SO,  ,39,  46,  30,  4.". 


100  EARLY    AMERIfAN    nfPRlNTS. 

Titlopage,  surroiinded  by  n  Ixmler  line,  verso,  "  Faithfully  Collected,'' 
and  list  of  cniita,  eleven  lines;  3-rj,  "  To  tlie  Reader,"  signed  "Increase 
Mather,"  and  dated  at  "  Boston,  New-England,  |  May.  16.  1695,"  headpiece 
a  line  of  border  ])ieces,  two  lines  of  stars,  and  a  line  of  similar  pieces  in- 
verted; 13--_'7,  '•  The  I  Intnxluction,"  signed  "Cotton  Matlier "  ;  28-32, 
"Advertisement,"  and  "  A  Schaeme,  |  of  the  Whole  Work  "  ;  1-80,  "  Cot- 
tnnus  Kedivivns.  |  —  |  Or,  |  the  Life  |  of  |  Mr.  John  Cott(m "  ;  1-31), 
"Nortonns  Honoratus  |  —  |  The  Lif«'  |  of  |  Mr.  John  Norton,"  headpiece 
a  line  of  border  pieces  and  twi»  lines  of  stars;  1  )>.  blank;  1-46,  "  Mcmoria 
Wilsonia.  |  —  |  The  Life  |  of  |  Mr.  Joim  Wilson.'"  headpiece  a  line  of 
border  ])ieees,  a  line  of  daggers,  and  a  line  of  similar  border  pieces  inverted; 
2  pp.  blank  ;  1-30,  "  Chrysostoinns  Nov-Anglorum.  I  —  |  The  Life  |  of 
I  Mr.  John  Davenport  ";  2  pp.  blank  ;  1-45,  separate  title,  see  "  Piscator 
Evangelicus,"  below;  _'  pp.  "  A  Catalogue  of  some  other  Books,"  thirty- 
four  titles,  "  All  by  this  Author";  running  headline^;;  last  l)age  blank. 

Piscator   Evangelicus.  |  —  |  Or.  |  the  Life  of  |  Mr.    Thomas    Hooker,  |  the 
Kenowned.  |  Pa.stor  of  Hartfonl-Cliurch,  |  and  |  Pillar  of  Connecticut- 
Colony,  I  in  I   New-England.  |  —  |  Essay'd   by  Cotton    Mather.  |  —  | 
[Two  lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Printed  in  the  Year  IGOo.     IGmo.    pp.  4.'). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  bonier  line,  verso,  "To  the  Churches  in  the 
Colony  of  I  Connecticut,"  signed  "Cottmi  Mather"  ;  3-45,  "Piscator  Evan- 
gelicus. I  —  I  The  Life  I  of  I  Mr.  Tliomas  Hooker";  running  headlines. 
This  work  forms  a  i)art  of  "Johannes  in  Eremo." 

Mi-moria  Wilsoniana.  |  —  |  Or,  |  Some  Dues  |  unto  |  the  Memory  of  the  | 
Truly  I  Reverend  &  Renowned  |  Mr.  John  Wilson,  |  ihe  First  |  Pastor 
of  Boston  :  Who  Ex|)ired  |  August.  7.  16G7.  Aged,  79.  |  —  |  Paid  by 
Cotton  Mather.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Printed  for  and  Sold 
by  Mii-liael  I'erry,  |  at  his  Shop  under  the  West- End  of  the  |  Town- 
Housr-  in   lioston,  in  N.  E.  I(i!t5.      IGuio.     pj>.  (2),  4(). 

Titli'page,  surrounded  by  two  border  lines,  lerso,  "To  |  Edward   Brom- 
field   E."*!.,"  signed   "  C.    Mather";     1-40,   "  Memoria    Wil.soiiiana,   |   —  | 
The  Life   |   of  |    Mr.  John  Wilson";   last  leaf  blank;  printed  on  the  .satne 
foriiiH  as  the  similar  part   in  "Johannes  in  Eremo";    signature  "B"  be- 
gins with  pag<!  1  ;  b.idly  cut  by  lln-  binder. 

Man.M  Extremity,  |  (Jods  |  O|iporfunity.  |  C)r,  |  a  Display  of  (lods  Sovrrrign 
Oraee,  |  in  Saving  a  People  whose  !{(•-  |  eovery,  as  to  Mm  and  .Means 
is  next  |  to  ilespcrate  :  |  As  it  was  «lelivered  in  A  Sermon  |  Preaclnd  be- 
fore the  Honourable  |  Lieutenant  (ioVeruour,  Ac  Counsel-  |  lors,  and  the 
AH>»embly  of  Repre  |  senfatives  of  the  Province  of  the  |  Massachn.setts 
Bay  in  New  England.  |  On  May  29.  1695.  |  Whi<di  was  the  Day  for 
Elecliiin  I  of  CounHelliii-M  for  tluit  I'mvince  |  —  |  By  the  Reven-nd  Mr. 
Samvel  Torrey.  |  PaMor  of  the  Chin-eh  in  Weymouth.  |  —  |  [One  line 
from  Iwiiali  Ivii.  IK,]  |  —  ||  Boston,  Printed  by  Bartholomew  (Ireen, 
I  for  Michael  Perry,  nndir  tlie  West  |  end  of  the  Town-house.  I(!!t5. 
ir.mo.      pp.  (4).  GO. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  101 

Titlepagp,  surrounded  I)y  two  border  lines,  verso,  "  Puldished  by  Order  of 
I  Authority  "  between  two  lines  of  border  pieces ;  2  pp.   "To  the  Reader," 
signed  "  S.  Willard";  1-60,  "Mans  Extremity,  |  Gods  Opportvnity,"  head- 
piece a  line  of  border  pieces,  and  a  line  of  similar  pieces  inverted;    running 
headlines. 

Observanda.  |  —  |  Tlie  |  Life  and  Death  |  of  tlie  Late  |  Q.  Mary.  |  Prefaced, 
witli  some  Observations  |  upf)n  the  Turns  of  Divine  |  Providence,  now 
bringing  of  |  miglity  Changes,  upon  the  ]  World.  |  Whereto  is  added,  | 
the  Address  of  Condolence,  |  made  unto  His  Majesty,  |  by  the  Noncon- 
formist Ministers,  |  on  the  Decease  of  that  |  Illustrious  Queen.  [By 
Cotton  Mather.]  |  —  ||  Boston  in  N.  E.  Printed  by  B.  Green,  |  for 
Samuel  Phillips,  at  the  Brick  Shop  near  |  the  Old  Meeting-House.  169.5. 
16mo.     pp.  56.     [Three  copies.] 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  wide  border  line,  verso  blank;  3-.31,  "01> 
servable  Turns  |  of  |  Providence,"  headpiece  a  wide  rule;  32-49,  "Dues 
Paid  unto  the  Me-  |  mcjry  of  Q.  Mary,"  headpiece  like  the  last  one ;  50-52, 
"  The  I  Address  of  Coudcdence  |  to  |  His  Majesty,  |  by  the  |  Dissenting  .Min- 
isters," similar  headpiece  to  tlie  last ;  list  of  "  Errata  "  at  foot  of  page  52, 
three  lines  below  a  wide  ruh; ;  53-56,  "  Postscript.  |  For  the  Entertainment 
of  the  Reader,  the  Book-  |  seller  has  been  willing  here  to  add,  the  manner  ] 
of  the  Queens  Funeral.  |  Whitehal,  March  5th.  1694,"  headpiece  like  the  last; 
running  headlines. 

On  the  titlepage  of  one  copy  is  the  autograph  signature 
"  Eliph :  Adams,"  and  on  another  that  of  "  Samuel  Checkley 
16[95]." 

The  I  Psalms  |  Hymns  |  and  |  Spiritual  Songs,  |  of  the  |  Old  and  New-Tes- 
tament, faithfully  Translated  into  |  English  Metre.  |  for  the  use,  edifi- 
cation and  Comfort  of  |  the  Saints  in  publick  and  private ;  especially  in 
New-England.  |  —  |  [One  line  "2  Tim.  iii.  16, 17  "  ;  five  lines  from  Col. 
iii.  16;  one  line  froni  Eph.  v.  18,  19;  one  line  "James  v.  13."]  |  —  | 
The  Eighth  Edition.  |  —  ||  Boston,  Printed  by  John  Allen,  and  |  Vava- 
sour Harris,  for  Samuel  Phillips,  at  the  Brick-Shop,  near  the  |  Town- 
House.      1695,     16mo.     pp.  376,  (7). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  border  line,  verso,  "To  the  Goclly  Reader"; 
3-376,  text;  7  pp.  "  A  Table  for  the  whide  Book  of  Psalms";  last  page 
blank. 

On  the  redo  of  a  tly-leaf  at  the  beginning  is  written :  "  Su- 
sanna White  Her  Book  Anno  Domini  1700." 

The  Bay  Psalm  Book  (Cambridge,  1G40),  the  first  volume 
printed  in  the  Colonies,  was  the  original  version  of  this  collec- 
tion of  Psalms  and  Hymns.  It  passed  through  very  many  edi- 
tions from  time  to  time,  more  or  less  changed  and  amended  in 

1.3 


102  KAKLY    A.MKIUCAN     IMPRINTS. 

phraseolo<^y  ;  aiul  f<»r  a  loii^  ju'viod  was  used  Ity  the  chuvchos  in 
New  England,  and  even  in  olil  Kiii,dand  and  Srotlaud.  The 
Society  owns  a  copy  of  the  reprint  (C'anil)rid<4e,  ISiiJ)  in  fac- 
simile of  the  original  edition,  where  in  the  introduction  a 
bibliographical  account  of  the  book  is  given.  The  editor  of  the 
reprint  was  our  late  associate  Dr.  Nathaniel  Ix  Shurtleff,  a 
former  Librarian  of  this  Society,  who  was  fortunate  enough  to 
possess  one  of  the  few  copies  of  the  original  edition.  See 
Proceedings  (XV.   11)  for  ()ctol)er,  ISTO. 


1696. 

[An  Act  tor  preventing  Frainls,  ;iii(l  regulating  abuses  in  the  Plantatiim 
Trade.]      No  titlepage.      Folio.      |)p.  ><. 

A  eut  of  the  anus  of  Great  liritain  ;  Anno  Ufi^ni  |  (Juiliehiii  III. 
Regis.  I  Angliae,  Scotiae,  Fraiiciae  &  Hil»ernia«>,  Septinio  &  Octavo.  |  At 
the  Parliament  begun  at  Westminster  the  Two  and  twentieth  Day  of  |  No- 
vember, Anno  Dom.  Kif).";.  In  the  Seventh  Year  of  the  Reign  of  our  |  Sov- 
ereign Lord  William  tlie  Third,  by  the  Grace  of  God,  of  England,  |  Scotland, 
France  and  Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c.  |  —  |  London,  Printed 
by  Charles  Bill,  and  the  E.veciitrix  of  Tiiomas  Newcomb,  |  deceas'd;  Printers 
to  the  Kings  most  E.vcellent  Majesty.  Reprinti-d  at  |  Roston  in  New-Eng- 
land by  Rarth«jlomew  Green  &  John  Allen,  |  Printers  to  the  Governonr  & 
Council.  icyc.  I  —  I  An  Act  for  Preventing  Frauds,  and  Regulating  | 
Abuses  in  the  Plantation  Trade. 

Paui's  1-S,  ti-\t  ;   i-iiiniinL'  h<-:icHiin-s. 

Acts  I  and  I  Laws,  |  Passed  i)y  the  (ireal  and  General  CotU't  |  or  Assembly 
of  His  Majesties  Province  |  of  tlie  Massadiusetts-Hay,  in  |  New-Eng- 
land. I  Regnn  dc  Held  at  Roston  the  Twenty-ninth  Day  of  May,  KI'.i.'j. 
I  andcontimied  by  several  Adjoununenis  utitil  Wednesday  |  the  Twenty- 
sixth  of  February  following.  |  Anno  Regni  (iuilielmi  Tertii.  Angliae, 
Scotiae,  |  Franciae,  et  Iliberniae,  Regis,  ()ci;ivo.  |  [Cut  of  the  arms  of 
Great  Rritjiin.]  |  — ||  Hoston.  |  Printed  \>y  llaiilic.l.Mnew  (Jreen,  and 
Jolin  Allen,  Printers  I  to  the  Governour  ;iii<l  ( 'dinii-il.  IGin:.  Itn. 
pp.    (1),    l.W-1.07. 

'I'itlepage,  surrounded   by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso  blank  ;    I'liJ-lTf", 
text,  \aiiiiiis  headlines;    last  pai,'e  bliiidi. 

Acts  I  and  haws,  |  [title  continues  same  jis  heiorej.  |  Hegnn  and  liehi  at 
HoHton  on  Wednesday  the  |  TwiMity-seventli  of  May,  I (!!)(>.  |  [same  as 
last  title].      Ito.      pp.  (1),  ):.!!    17.'.. 

Titlepa>;e,  surrounded   by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  msit  blank  ;    l.'ilt-l  T."*, 
text,  ViirioUN  lieudliiieH;  hiNt  page  blank. 

Vitffvn  159-1 ".'»,  text  ;  ccdlatioii  Miiine  i\»  before. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  103 

[Acts  and  Laws,  ScpteinlxT,  KJIU;.]     No  titlopagc     4tr).     pp.  177-180. 

A  cut  of  the  arms  of  Great  Britain;  177-180,  "Acts  &  Laws,  |  Passed 
by  the  Great  &  General  Court  or  |  Assembly  of  His  Majesties  Province  of  | 
the  Massachusetts-Bay,  in  New-Englaud.  |  Begun  at  Bost(m  the  Twenty 
seventh  Day  of  May,  1G9G.  |  and  continued  by  Adjournment  until  Wednes- 
day the  I  Sixteenth  of  September  following.  |  Anno  Regni  Guilielmi  Teriii, 
Angliae,  Scotiae,  Franciae,  et  |  Hiberuiae,  Regis,  Octavo.  |  —  ||  Boston.  | 
Printed  by  Bartholomew  Green,  and  John  Allen,  Printers  to  |  the  Gover- 
nour  and  Council.     IGSiG";   various  headlines. 


Acts  I  and  |  Laws  |  [title  continues  same  as  last  but  two].  |  Begun  at  Boston 
the  Twenty-seventh  of  May,  1G!)G.  |  and  continued  by  several  Adjourn- 
ments   until   Wednesday  |  tlie    Eighteenth    of  November   following.  | 
[same  as  last  title  but  two].     4to.     pp.  (1),  l.si-197. 

Pages  181-197,  text;  collation  same  as  last  but  two. 


Tulley,  1G9G.  |  —  |  An  |  Almanack,  |  for  the  Year  of  our  Lord,  |  M  DC- 
XC  VL  I  Being  Bissextile  or  Leap-Year,  |  and  from  the  Creation,  | 
5645.  I  Wherein  is  Contained  Astronomical  Observa-  |  tions  from  the 
Svns  Ingress  into  Aries,  and  |  the  other  Cardinal  Points,  with  an  ac- 
count I  of  the  Eclipses,  Conjunctions,  and  other  |  Configurations  of  the 
Caelestial  Bodies.  |  Calculated  f()r  and  fitted  to  the  Meridian  of  Boston, 
I  in  New=England,  where  the  North  Pole  is  |  Elevated  42  gr.  30  min. 
But  nu\y  iuditt'erently  |  serve  any  jiart  of  New=Englaud.  |  —  |  By  John 
Tulley.  I  —  I  Licensed  by  Autliority.  |  —  ||  Boston,  N.  E.  Printed  by 
Bartholomew  Green,  |  and  Jolui  Allen,  for  John  Usher,  and  ]  are  to  be 
Sold  at  his  Shop  below  the  |  Town-House,  1G9G.  KJmo.  pp.  (16.) 
[Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso,  "  M  DC  XC  VL," 
vulgar  notes,  characters,  etc.;  12  pp.  January  to  December;  1  p.  "  Of  the 
Four  Quarters  of  the  year  169G,"  and  "  Of  the  Eclipses  this  year  169G"  ; 
1  p.  "  Concerning  Astrology  &  INIeteorology." 


A  Good  Master  well  Served.  |  —  |  A  Brief  |  Discourse  |  on  the  Necessary 
I  Properties  &  Practices  |  of  a  Good  |  Servant  |  in  every-kiud  of  Servi- 
tude :  And  of  the  |  Methods  that  should  be  taken  by  the  |  Heads  of  a 
Family,  to  Obtain  such  |  a  Servant.  |  —  |  By  Cotton  Mather.  |  —  | 
[Three  lines  from  Joel  ii.  29.]  |  —  ||  Boston  in  New-England.  |  Printed 
by  B-  Green,  and  J.  Allen.  |  1G9G.     IGmo.     pp.  55. 

Titlepage  surrounded  by  two  border  lines,  verso,  Address  to  the  Reader; 
3-55,  "  A  Good  Master  well  Served,"  running  headlines;  last  page  "  Ad- 
vertisement," of  Nehemiah  Walter's  ''  LTnfruitful  Hearers,"  "  Sold  by  Michael 
Perry,  at  his  Shop  under  the  West  end  of  the  Town-House,  in  Boston  " ; 
badly  cut  by  binder. 


104  KARLY    A.MKi;iCAN     IMI'IIINTS. 

Massiicluisotts  |  or  |  tlio  first  IMaiiters  i»f  Now-Eiiglaiul,  |  the  Eiui  ami  Man- 
uer  of  their  eomiinr  thi-  |  ther,  and  Abode  there  :  lu  several  |  Epistles 
I  —  I  [Three  lines  from  Psalms  Ixxxiv.  3;  three  lines  from  John  iv.  'Jl ; 
two  lines  from  Kev.  xiv.  4  ;  nine  lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Boston  in  New- 
England,  Printed  hy  B.  Green,  and  |  J.  Allen.  Sold  by  Kichard 
Wilkins,  at  his  Shop  |  near  tlie  Old-Meeting-House.  Id'.Hi.  16mo. 
pp.   (1),  5(5. 

Titlepage,  lerso  bhmk ;  1-a,  ''The  |  Humble  |  Request  |  of  His  Majesties 
Loyal  Subjects,  |  the  Governour  and  the  Company  |  late  gone  for  New-Eng- 
land :  I  To  the  rest  of  their  Brethren,  in  and  of  |  the  Chureh  of  England.  |  For 
the  obtaining  of  their  Prayers,  and  the  |  removal  of  suspii-ions  and  miscon- 
structions I  of  their  Intentions,"  signed  ''Jo.Wiiitlirop.Gov.  |  diaries  Fines. 

I  George  I'liillips.  |  &c.  |  Kich.  Salttmstall.  |  Isaac  Jolmsou.  |  Tho.  Dudley. 

I  William  C'oildington.  |  &:c.,",dated  "From  Yarmouth  |  Aboard  the  Ar- 
bella.  I  April  7.  l(i.^O.";   1  p.  blank;   (7-S),  "T(.  the  |  Kiglit  Honourable,  | 
My  very  good  Lady,  |  the  Lady  |  Bridget  |  Countess  of  |  Lincoln,"  signed 
"T.  D." [Thomas  Dudley],  and  dated  at  "Boston  in  New-  |  I'Zngland,  March 

I  12th.  1630"  ;  y-->7,  text;  •2«-40,  "The  Preface  of  the  Reverend  Mr.  John 

I  AUin,  of  Dedham,  and  of  Mr.  Thomas  She-  |  pard  of  Cambridge  in  New- 
England,  before  I  their  Defence  of  the  Answer  made  unto  the  Nine  |  Ques- 
ti(»ns,"  signed  "Jolin  Allin  "  and  "  Tlu).  Shepard,"  and  dated  "From 
New-England,  |  November  2><.  \  I(J45.";  41-50,  "In  Domini  Nortoiii  Li- 
bruin,  ad  Lectorem  |  Praefatio  Ajudogetica,"  signed  "  .Inliaiuies  Cotton  |  in 
Ecdcsia  IJostcjiiiensi  |  Prcsbyti-r  doceus." 

JJr.  Vuiiii;^,  ill  his  Cliruiiiclcs  of  Miissachusi'tts  (;'>40  /<.),  says  : 
"  It  is  not  unlikely  that  it  [Dudley's  letter,  \)\).  7-27]  was  printed 
at  the  su<:gestion  of  Joshua  Scottow,  who  seems  to  have  been  the 
earliest  ])erson  in  the  Colony  who  had  an  antiquiirian  turn  of 
mind."  This  was  the  first  appearance  in  ])rint  of  the  letter, 
which  has  licen  republishcil  in  the  ('olli'ctions    \  III    ;',(1_.47). 


.Ma>>.n-liu>i-tt.s  I  or  I  The  first  Plaiilrrs  r.i  \i  w -i;iii:l.iiMl,  |  tin-  End  «.V  Manner 
of  tlieir  coming  thither,  |  and  Abode  ihcrr  :    In  several  |  Epistles  |  —  | 
[title  continues  same  aH  before,  with  .some  of  thi'  lines  a  lillle  sliorter]. 
lOnio.     pp.  (1),  r,f,. 

Collation  Kanie  as  before. 

Mm   tilt;   niln  of  the   lly-le;if  at    llic  lic;^iiiii  iiil;,  III   .IuiIl;!'  Scwall's 

hand,  is  writteti  :  "  Ipsviei,  Maij, 'JI.  17<i7.  JMria  (|uaita,      .\iiris, 

ineiiH,  ocnluH,  nianuv,  ct  pes;  nmiicic  fun;;!  |  Diini  ]MT^iiiit,  prac;- 

fitnt  difsjceru  velle   mori.  |  S.   S.      I.    IJ,"  (See    Diarv,   11.   .*;:'.{>, 
Ill    yAiZ.) 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  105 


1697. 

Acts  I  and  I  Laws,  |  [title  continues  same  as  the  second  one  under  1696].  | 
Twenty-sixth  of  May,  1697.  |  [same]  Nono.  |  [same]  1697.     4to.     pp. 
(1),  199-228. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  lino  of  border  pieces,  verso  blank;  199-228, 
text,  various  headlines. 


Acts  I  and  Laws,  |  [title  continues  same  as  the  last  one].  |  Begun  and  Held 
at  Boston  the  Twenty-sixth  of  May,  1697.  |  and  continued  by  several 
Prorogations  until  Wednesday  the  |  Thirteenth  of  October  following : 
being  the  Third  Session.  |  [same].     4to.     pp.  (1),  229-247. 

Pages  229-247,  text ;  collation  same  as  before  ;  last  page  blank. 


TuUey,  1697.  |  —  |  An  ]  Almanack  |  for  the  Year  of  our  Lord,  |  M  DC  XC- 
VII.  I  Being  First  after  Leap- Year,  and  from  the  |  Creation,  5646.  | 
Wherein  is  Contained  Astronomical  Observations  |  from  the  Suns  In- 
gress into  Aries,  &  the  other  |  Cardinal  Points,  with  an  Account  of  the 
I  Eclipses,  Conjunctions,  and  other  Coufigura-  |  tions  of  the  Caelestial 
Bodies  :  Unto  whicii  is  |  added  a  brief  account  of  the  late  Comet  |  or 
^Ethereal  blaze.  |  Calculated  for  and  fitted  to  the  Meridian  of  Bostcm  | 
in  New-England,  where  the  North  Pole  is  |  Elevated  42.  gr.  30.  miu. 
But  may  indifferently  |  serve  any  part  of  New-England.  |  —  |  By  John 
Tulley.  I  —  I  Licensed  by  Authority.  |  —  ||  Boston,  N.  E.  Printed  by 
Bartholomew  G[reen]  |  and  Jolni  Allen,  for  John  Usher,  and  |  are  to 
be  Sold  at  his  Shop  below  the  |  Town-House.     1697.     16mo.     pp.  (16). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso,  "  M  DC  XC  VII," 
vulgar  notes,  etc.  ;  12  pp.  January  to  December;  2  pp.  quarters,  eclipses, 
comets,  etc.;  at  the  foot  of  the  last  page  "Advertisement"  of  Cotton 
Matlier's  "  Great  Examples  of  Judgment  and  Mercy,"  which  "  will  be 
speedily  Published,"  "Printed  for  &  Sold  by  Joseph  Wheeler,  at  his  Shop 
at  the  head  of  the  Dock  in  Boston,  Price  stitch't  8d."  Underneath  is  the 
following  paragraph  :  — 

There  are  Two  Fairs  to  be  Held  in  the  Town  of  Boston  Annu-  \  ally,  one 
on  the  last  Tuesday  in  May,  tlie  other  on  the  last  Tuesday  |  in  Octob.  each 
Fair  to  continue  four  days :  Also  Tivo  Fairs  to  he  \  Held  at  Providence 
Yearly,  the  second  Wednesday  o/June,  ((\first  \  Wednesday  0/ Octob.  each 
to  continue  three  days." 

Mr.  Sibley  gives  the  year  of  publication  of  Mather's  "  Great 
Examples"  as  169G,  though  it  is  advertised  in  this  Almanac 
for  1697  to  "  be  speedily  Published."  The  explanation,  doubtless, 
lies  in  the  fact  that  the  almanac  was  put  to  press  in  1G9G. 


1""'  EAKI.V    AMKKICAN    LMPIUNTS. 

Erdesiasios.  |  —  |  Tlu-    Lite   |   <it'  the  |  Kt'voroud    &    Excellent,  |  Jonathan 
Mitc-liel  ;  ]  A  Pastor  of  the  Church,  |  and  |  a  Glory  of  the  CipUeilire,  | 
in  I  Canibridire.  New-England.  |  —  |  Written  hy  Cotton  Mather.  |  —  j 
[Three  lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Massaohvset ;  |  Printed  by  H.  Green,  and 
J.   Allen.  I  Sold  at   the   Hoidisellers  Shops  |  in   Hoston.     Itlit;.      lOnio. 

PI..  :{-a2. 

Titlepage  wanting;  3-.32,  ''The  Epistle  Dedieatory.  |  To  tiie  Clunvh  at 
Cambridge  |  in  New-England,  |  ami  |  to  the  Students  of  the  Colledge  there"; 
signed  "Increa.se  Mather,"  and  dated  "  May  7,  1G97,"  running  headlines; 
piiges  33-1 1 1    wanting. 

Kneeling  to  |  God,  |  at  Parting  with  Friends  :  |  or  the  |  Fraii  rnal  |  Inter- 
cessory Cry  I  of  Faith  &  Love:  |  —  |  Setting  forth  and  Kecouiuiending 
I  the  Primitive  Mode  of  taking  Leave  |  —  ]  Hy  J.  Danforth,  Pastor  of 
the  I  Church  of  Christ  in  Dorchester.  |  —  |  [One  line  from  1  Thess.  v. 
25;  one  line  from  Col.  i.  !• ;  three  lines  from  1  Sam.  xii.  23.]  |  — || 
Bo.stou,  Printed  by  U.  Green.  cV  .1.  Alien.  1  Sold  by  S.  I'liillips,  at  the 
Brick  Shop.     1G'J7.  |  16mo.     pp.  72. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  border  line,  verso,  "The  Dedication,''  of  three 
jtages  in  large  cajiitals;  at  the  end  of  the  last  page,  "  Licensed  by  Authority. 

I  —  I  Published  by  T.  Tilestone,  Senior,  |  H.  Leadbetter,  N.  Clap  Senior, 
W.  Prat,  I  1).  Preston,  N.  Glover;  and  Diverse  |  Others.  Anno  Dom. 
.M  DC  XC  Vll  '■  ;  5-G3,  "  Kneeling  to  Goil  |  at  Parting  with  Friends,"  at 
the  end  a  line  of  "  Errata,"  below  this  a  "  Memorandum  "  f<dlowed  by  three 
lines  "To  fill  up  the  \'acant  Pages  the  ftdlowing  |  Poems,  formerly  Com- 
p<»8ed,  are  |  hero  suffixed";  64,  05,  a  poem  "Upon  the  Triumphant  Trans- 
lation I  of  a  Mother  in  Our  Israel,  Viz.  |  Mrs.  Ajme  Eliot.  |  From  This  Life 
to  a  Hotter.  |  on  March  2Jth.  1(;«7.  Aetatis  Suae.  «4."  signed  ".I.  D.  "  ; 
6<i-72,  a  poetn  "  To  tiie  Hle.s.sed  Memory  of  the  Venerable  |  Mr.   John  Eliot 

I  Teacher  to  the  Church  of  Christ  in  |  Hoxbiu'y,  and  a  Projtagator  of  the  | 
G«)Hpel  to  the  Indians  in  N-Enu'land.      Who  |  restetl  from  his  Labours,  .May, 
20.    Anno  I  Dom.    KiDo.        Aetatis  Suae.  Sd,"    signed    "J.    D.";    running 
headlinoH;  slightly  imperfi'ct. 

The  note  after  the  "  Errata  "  on  page  63  is  as  follows  :  — 

Memorandum.  I'nto  the  Discourse,  uttered  |  in  Publick,  upon  this  Text, 
some  what  above  |  a  year  agoe,  some  Addition  in  these  Printed  |  Sheets,  is 
unule  out  of  a  Sermon  I'n'ai-hed  in  |  Private  some  time  since,  iinio  a  So«'iety 
of  I  ('liriHtiitiiH,  keeping  a  Day  of  Prayer  on  the  be-  |  lialf  of  some  of  tlu'ir 
HtK-ioty,  that  wero  at  tliat  |  time,  iipcm  llieir  Kemnval  tn>m  lliem. 

Nc'W  England  PerwnulorH  .Mauld  Willi  their  own  Weapons;  Giving  Soino 
Account  of  the  bloody  Laws  made  at  jbiston  against  the  Kings  Subjects 
that  diHwnted  from  their  way  of  Worship.  Together  with  a  brief 
Account  of  the  Imprisonment  and  'I'ryal  of 'i'hoinas  .Maule  of  Salem,  for 
piibliHhing  a  Hook  entitled,  Truth  lieM  firlh  and  maintained,  &c.  Hy 
Thi'o.  IMiilntlies.   .   .    .      12mo.      pp.  (.'I),  i,->. 


EARLY   AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  107 

Titlepage  wanting;  3  p]).  "  Tlif  Prcfaco,"  signed  "  Tho.  IMiilatlies," 
running  licatllincs;  1  p.  Ulank  ;  1-G2,  "  Persecutors  Manl'il  witli  their  |  own 
Weapons." 

This  work  was  printed  prcjLably  by  William  Bradford,  in 
New  York.  See  Sabin's  Dictionary  (XL  504)  number  46,'J34, 
from  which  the  title  is  copied. 


A  Kenienibrance  |  of  |  Former  Times  |  tor  this  |  Generation  ;  |  and  ]  Our 
Degeneracj'  Lamented.  |  —  |  The  First  Part.  |  —  |  [Three  lines  from 
Jer.  viii.  5;  six  lines  from  Jer.  iii.  12.]  |  —  |  By  W.  J.  Esq.  ]  —  || 
Boston,  N.  E.  Printed  by  B.  Green,  and  J.  Allen,  for  |  Dmiean  Camp- 
bel,  at  his  Shop  over-against  the  Old-  |  Meeting-House.  1697.  16rao. 
pp.  32. 

Titlepage,  verso  blank;  3-18,  "A  |  Remembrance  |  of  Former  Times 
for  this  I  Generation  |  —  |  The  First  Part";  19-32,  "The  Second  Part 
I  — I  For  a  further  Awakening  I  shall  add  the  Mourn-  |  ers  Lamentations 
for  the  Sins  and  Degeneracy  |  of  the  Times:  And  Gods  Awful  Judgments  | 
long  continued  and  further  threatned.  |  As  also  to  stir  up  Christians  to  deep 
Humiliation,  |  fervent  Prayer,  and  thorow  Keformation.  |  From  the  Forty 
fourth  Psalm."' 

Was  the  author  of  this  tract  Prof.  William  Jameson  of  the 
University  of  Glasgow  ?  • 


A.  I  Sermon  |  Preached  before  the  |  General  Assembly  |  of  the  Colony  |  of 
I  Connecticut  |  At  Hartford  in  New-England.  |  May  13.  1697.  |  Being 
I  the  Day  for  Electing  the  Governour,  |  Deputy  Governour  and  |  As- 
sistants, for  that  Cohiny.  [By  Gurdou  Saltoustall.]  |  —  j  Published  by 
Authority.  |  —  ||  Boston  in  New  P]ngland.  |  Printed  by  B.  Green,  and 
J.  Allen,  for  |  Duncan  Campbel,  over-against  the  |  Old  Meeting-House. 
1697.      16mo.     pp.  80. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  borderline,   veiso  blank;  3-80,   "A  Sermon 
I  Preach'd  before  the  |  General  Assembly  of  the  Colony  |  of  |  Connecticut." 


Two  Questions,  |  Viz.  |  T.  Wliether  an  account  of  the  Work  of  Grace  |  is 
to  be  HMpiired  of  those  that  are  Ad-  |  mitted  to  full  Communion  in  the 
Church  ?  I  n.  Whether  the  whole  Church  is  to  be  ]  Judge  thereof?  | 
Judiciously  Answered.  |  —  |  By  Mr.  Thomas  Shei)ard,  sometimes  a 
famous  I  Pastor  of  the  Church  of  Cambridge,  |  in  New-England.  |  —  | 
[Three  lines  from  Heb.  xiii.7.]  |  —  ||  Boston  in  X.  E.  |  Printed  and 
Sold  by  Bartludomew  Green,  |  and  John  Allen,  |  1697.     16mo.    pp.  15. 

Titlepage,  versio  blank;  3-15,  text;   1  p.  blank. 


108  KAKLV    AMKKK'AN    IMl'inNTS. 

Tlie  Way  to  Exci-1.  |  —  |  Mtaitatiuiis;.  |  Awakfiu-a  by  the  Death  of  |  the 
Reveieiul  |  Mr.  Joshua  Moodey;  |  with  some  Short  C'liaracter  |  of  tliat  | 
Emineut  Person:  |  Who  Slept  iu  Jesus,  4il.  a.m.  1097.  |  In  the  Sixty 
fifth  year  of  Ills  Age.  |  —  |  By  Cotton  Matlicr.  |  —  |  [Seven  lines  from 
Josh.  x.\iv.  -22,  -23,  29.]  |  —  ||  Boston,  in  X.  E.  |  Printed  l.y  B.  Green, 
and  J.  Allen,  j  1G97.     16mo.     pp.  32. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  wide  border  line,  cerxo  blank;  3-4,  "  Reailer," 
liea<lpieee  a  wide  rule;  5-32,  "The  Way  to  Excel,"  headjiiece  like  the 
last,  running  headlines;  "  Finis"  betwtcn  tun  wide  rules. 


1698. 

Acts  I  and  |  Laws,  |  [title  continues  like  the  first  one  under  l(i97].  |  l?egun 
and  Held  at  Boston  on  Wednesday,  the  |  Twenty-fifth  of  May,  lGt»«  | 
[same]  Decimo.  I  [same].     1698.     4t<..     pp.  (1), "251-300. 

Titlepage,  surrf>unded  by  a   line  of  bonier  jiieees,  rer.s'o  blank  ;   251-.'{(M), 
text,  various  headlines. 

Arts  I  and  I  Laws,  |  [same  as  last  title].  |  Begun  and  Hild  at  Boston  the 
Twenty-fifth  Day  of  May,  1G98.  |  and  continued  by  Prorogation  until 
Tuesday  the  Fifteenth  |  of  November  followiiii; :  being  the  Second 
Sesi*ion.  |  [same  as  before].     4to.     jip.  (1),  301-321. 

Pages  301-321,  text  ;   colhition  siniilar  to  hist  litlt-;   last  page  blank. 

Tiilley,  1098.  |  —  |  An  |  Almanack  ]  f<.r  the  Year  <.f  our  Lord,  |  M  DC  XC- 
VIIL  I  Ik'ing  Second  after  Leap- Year,  |  and  from  tlie  Creation,  |  5G47. 
I  Wherein  is  Contained  tlie  Lunations,  Courts,  |  Spring-tides,  Planets, 
Aspects  and  Weather,  |  the  Rising  ami  Setting  of  tlie  Sun,  to-  |  gether 
with  the  Sun  and  Mouus  place,  and  |  time  of  Full  Sea,  or  Hiirli- Water, 
with  an  |  account  of  the  Eclipses,  Conjuiictions,  and  |  other  Confiicura- 
tions  of  the  Caeh-stial  Bodies.  |  Calculated  for  and  fittccl  to  the  .Meridian 
of  Boston  I  in  Xew-Eiigland,  where  the  North  Pole  is  |  Elevated  »2.  gr. 
30.  min.  But  nuiy  iuditfereully  |  serve  any  part  of  New=England.  |  — 
I  By  John  Tiilley.  |  —  |  Licensed  by  Authority.  |  —  ||  Boston,  N.  E. 
Printed  by  HarlholoMU'W  (ireen,  |  and  John  Allen.  Sold  at  the  Printing- 
lIoUH(;  at  the  Sftuth  end  of  the 'I'own.      IGltK.      Kimo.      pj..  (IC). 

Titlepage,  HUrrournled  by  a  li f  border  pieces,  ivr.w,  "  M   IM'  XC  \  III," 

vul^Hf  notes,  etc.  ;  12  pp.  .January  to  December;  2  pjt.  "  ( M'  llie  ilciipses 
thiM  year,  169M,"  eiglit<'en  lincH  of  poetry,  ami  "  A  Descrijition  of  the  High 
WuyH,  &.  l{«iad»";  at  the  foot  of  the  last  page  is  the  following  :  — 

:ltJbfrli0finfnt. 

\r    ilie    H.irl.er   ( ■l(ynMi;e..n.4    Shop,    joyn-  |  ini;    to    the    Post- House,  in 
/'.onion,  I  Ih  Bought  all  Sorts  of  Womeus  Hair,  and  |  Perriwiggs  Made 
and  Sold  Iteaxonably. 


EARLY  AMERICAN   IMPRINTS.  109 

Contemplations  |  on  |  Mortality.  Wherein  |  the  Terrors  of  Death  |  are  laid 
open,  for  a  Warning  to  Sinners :  |  And  the  Joyes  of  Communion  with  | 
Christ  for  Comfort  to  Believers.  |  —  |  By  Samuel  Lee.  M.  A.  Sometime 
Fellow  I  of  Wadham  CoUedge.  Oxon.  |  —  |  [Four  lines  from  Pliil.  iii. 
20,  21.]  I  —  I  Bernard,  To  the  Knights  of  the  Temple.  |  The  death  of 
Christ  is  the  death  of  my  death  ;  |  because  he  died  that  I  should  live  : 
for  how  is  it  |  possible  that  he  should  not  live,  for  wliom  |  life  hath  dyed. 
I  —  II  Boston  in  N.  E.  |  Keprinted  by  B.  Green,  and  J.  Allen,  for  | 
Samuel  Phillips,  at  the  Brick  SIiop.     1G98.     16mo.     pp.  (9),  149. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  border  line,  verso  blank;  7  )ij).  "To  His 
Highly  I  Honoured  Father,  |  Mr.  Samuel  Lee,"  signed  "  S.  L.,"  and  dated 
"July  30.  1G69.";  1  p.  blank;  1-149,  "Contemplations  |  on  |  Mortality"; 
running  headlines  ;  last  pag(^  blank. 

New=Englands  |  Duty  and  Interest,  |  to  be  an  |  Habitation  of  Justice,  |  and 
I  Mountain  of  Holiness.  |  Containing  |  Doctrine,  Caution  &  Comfort  | 
with  I  Something  relating  to  the  Restaurations,  |  lleforniations  and 
Benedictions,  |  Promised  to  the  Church  and  World  in  |  the  latter 
dayes ;  With  grounds  of  Hope,  |  that  America  in  General,  &  New=: 
England  |  in  Particular,  may  have  a  Part  therein.  |  Preached  to  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  Province  |  of  the  Massachusetts=Bay,  at  the  | 
Anniversary  Election.  |  May  25.  1698.  |  —  |  By  Nicholas  Noyes, 
Teacher  |  of  the  Church  at  Salem.  |  —  |  Published  by  Order  of  Au- 
thority. I  —  II  Boston  in  New-England,  j  Printed  by  Bartholomew 
Green,  and  John  Allen.  |  Printers  to  the  Governour  &  Council.  1698. 
16mo.     pp.  (12),  98.     [Two  copies.] 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  border  line,  verso,  scriptural  and  Latin  quota- 
tions; 10  pp.  "The  Epistle  Dedicatory.  |  To  his  Excellency  |  Richard  Earl 
of  I  Bellomont,  |  and  |  Lord  Coote  Colooney,  |  in  the  kingdom  of  Ireland.  | 
Governour  |  of  New-England,  New-York,  New  Hampshire;  |  and  Vice- 
Admiral  of  those  Seas,"  signed  "John  Higginson.  |  Pastor  of  the  Church 
of  Salem.  |  Ji:tatis.  82,"  and  dated  at  "Salem,  June  20.  [  1698,"  running 
headlines;  1-88,  " New-Englands  j  Duty  and  Interest,  |  to  be  an  |  Habita- 
tation  of  Justice,  |  and  |  Mountain  of  Holiness";  89-99,  "Typographu§ 
Lectori,  |  The  Reverend  Mr.  Grindal  Rawson  Pastor  of  the  |  Church  in 
Mendon,  and  the  Reverend  Mr.  Samuel  |  Danforth  Pastor  of  the  Church  in 
Taunton,  spent  |  from  May,  30.  to  June  24.  1698.  in  visiting  the  |  several 
Plantations  of  the  Indians,  within  this  Pro-  |  vince.  And  the  Remainder  of 
this  Sheet  nniy  be  |  well  employed  in  giving  an  Account  of  it," 

"Signed    ^Grindal   Rawson    >    Preachers  to  the  Indians 
by        )  Samuel   Danforth  ^   in    their  own   Tongue." 
and  dated  at   "Boston;    July,   12tli.  |  1698";    p.   99,  a  fac-simile  copy  in 
manuscript. 

The  I  Psalms  |  Hymns,  |  and  |  Spiritual  Songs,  |  of  the  |  Old  &  New-Tes- 
tament:  I  Faitlifuily  |  Translated  into  English  Meetre.  |  For  the  use, 
Edification  and  Com-  |  fort  of  the  Saints  iu  publick  and  |  private,  espe- 

14 


110  EAIILY    AMERirAN    IMPRINTS. 

cially  in  Xow-Eu^Mainl.  |  —  |  [One  lino  "2  Tim.  3.  Itl,  17";  five  linos 
from  Col.  iii.  IG  ;  one  liur  from  Eph.  v.  18,  IS) ;  one  line  "  James  5.  13."] 
I  —  I  [The  Ninth  E.litii.n.]  |  —  ||  Boston,  Printed  by  B.  Green,  aiidJ. 
Alleu,  I  for  Mieliael  Perry,  nmler  the  West-  |  End  of  tlie  Tnwu  Imnse. 
1698.      IGmo.     pp.  420,  (lu),  lo. 

Titlepago,  surrounded  l)y  a  Imrder  line,  rersn,  -'To  the  Godly  Kcadrr"; 
(3)-410,  text;  111-418,  "  A  Tahle  for  the  whole  Book  |  ..f  Psalms  "  ;  419,  420, 
•'The  Tunes  of  the  Psalms.  |  With  the  Bass  set  under  eacli  Tune.  |  Some 
few  directions  for  orderinif  the  Voice  in  |  Setting  tliese  followiui,'  Tunes  of 
the  Psalms";   10  ))p.  tuues  ;   1-10.  cniitinMation  of  text. 

The  Shorter  |  Catechism,  |  Compn.sed  by  the  |  Reverend  Assemhly  of  |  Di- 
vines I  With  the  Proofs  thereof  out  of  the  |  Scriptvres,  in  Words  at 
length.  I  Which  are  either  some  of  tlie  formerly  quoted  |  Places,  or 
othei-s  gathered  from  their  otiier  |  Writings  ;  All  fitted,  both  for  Brevity 
&,  I  Ch'arness,  to  this  their  Form  of  Sound  Words.  |  For  the  benefit  of 
Christians  in  General,  and  |  of  Youth,  and  Children  in  Vnderstandiug, 
in  I  Particular;  that  they  may  with  more  Ease  |  acquaint  themselves 
with  the  Truth  acc(U"ding  |  to  the  Scriptures,  and  witli  the  Scriptures 
I  themselves.  |  —  ||  Boston,  in  New-England.  |  Printed  by  B.  Green, 
and  J.  Allen.  |  1G!)8.      KJmo.     j.p.  (1),  4G. 

Titlepage.  rpr.so  blank  ;  1-4G,  "  The  .Sjmrter  |  Catechism  |  oftlic  |  Rever- 
end Assembly  of  |  Divines,"  running  headlines. 

Votes  I  of  the  |  House  of  Representatives  for  his  Majesties  Province  |  of 
New- York  in  America.  |  Die  Martis  A.  M.  21  .Mart.  1G98.  No  title- 
page.     8v<t.     pp.  G. 

Pages  1-G,  text;  remaining  ])agos  wanting. 

Tlif  Worst  Enemy  Conrpiered.  |  —  |  A  Brief  Di.scourse  |  on  ilie  Methods 
and  Motives  to  pursue  |  .\  Vi<'tory  |  over  those  Habits  of  |  Sin,  |  which 
War  against  the  Soul.  |  Delivered,  on  June  Gth.  1GII8.  the  Day  for  | 
Election  of  Ollicers,  in  the  Artillery-  |  Company,  at  Boston.  |  —  |  By 
Mr.  .Joseph  Belcher,  I'astor  |  of  the  Church  in  Dedhani.  |  —  |  [Two 
lines  of  Latin.)  |  —  ||  Boston  in  New-Englaml.  |  I'rinted  liy  Martlxd- 
omew  Green,  and  John  Allen.  |  IGDS.     Uimo.     jip.  3H. 

Title|)age,  rrrso  blank;  3,  I,  '•  Pn  lai-e,"  nigmd  "Cntlou  Mather";  r»  ."IS, 
"The  Worst  Enemy  Conipii-red." 


1699. 

ActH  I  and  I  Laws,  |  of  Hi.i  |  .MajextieM  Province  o|  ilir  MassachusetlH-  |  Bay, 
ill  I  New-Eiii{la?nl.  I  —  I  [A  cut  of  the  arms  of  (Jreal  Britain.]  |  —  || 
HoKtoii.  I  Printed  by  Bartlndomew  (Jreen,  and  .Fohn  .\ll<ii.  'I'rinters  | 


EARLY   AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  Ill 

to  His  Excellency  the  Govcrnour  Jind  Council,)  |  for,  and  Sold  by  Mi- 
chael Perry  at  liis  Shop  over  against  |  the  Town-House,  and  Benjamin 
Eliot  under  the  West-  |  End  of  the  Town-House.     1699.    4to.    pp.  158. 

Titlei)ago,  surrounded  by  two  border  lines,  verso,  "Re-printed,  |  By  Order 
of  His  Excellency  the  Govcrnour,  |  Council  and  Assembly.  |  Isaac  Adding- 
ton  Seer."  within  two  border  lines,  tlie  lower  one  inverted;  3-158,  text,  con- 
taining Acts  from  Oct.  12,  1G()2  to  the  session  beginning  May  31,  1699; 
"  Finis"  at  the  foot  of  p.  159;  followed  by  pages  159-260,  containing  Acts 
from  March  13,  1700,  to  Oct.  27,  1703;  various  headlines. 

Tulley,  lii99.  |  —  |  An  |  Almanack  |  for  the  Year  of  our  Lord,  M  DC  XC  IX. 
I  Being  Third  after  Leap-Year,  |  and  from  the  Creation,  ]  5648.  | 
Wherein  is  Contained  the  Lunations,  Courts,  |  Spring  Tides,  Planets, 
Aspects  and  Weatiier,  |  and  Rising  and  Setting  of  the  Sun,  to-  |  gether 
with  the  Sun  and  Moons  place,  and  |  time  of  Full  Sea,  or  High- Water, 
with  an  1  account  of  tlie  Eclipses,  Conjunctions,  and  |  other  Configura- 
tions of  tlie  Caelestial  Bodies.  |  Calculated  for  and  fitted  to  the  Meridian 
of  Boston  I  in  New=England,  where  the  North  Pole  is  |  Elevated  42.  gr. 
30  min.  But  may  indifferently  |  serve  any  part  of  New=England.  |  —  | 
By  John  Tulley.  |  —  |  Licensed  by  Authority.  |  —  ||  Boston,  N.  E. 
Printed  by  Bartholomew  Green,  |  and  John  Allen  Sold  at  the  Printing- 
House  I  at  the  South  end  of  the  Town.  1699.  16mo.  pp.  (16).  [Two 
copies.] 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso,  "  M  DC  XC  IX," 
vulgar  notes,  etc.;  12  pp.  January  to  December;  1  p.  "Of  the  Four  Quar- 
ters of  the  Year,  1699,"  and  "Of  the  Eclipses  this  Year,  1699  ";  1  p.  "  A 
General  Admonition,"  and  below  ''  Finis"  appears  an  "Advertisement  "  of 
Cotton  Matlier's  "Pillars  of  Salt,"  and  his  "  Deceunium  Luctuosum," 
"  lioth  Sold  by  Samuel  Phillips  at  the  Brick  Shop  near  |  the  Town-House 
in  Bostiui." 

The  Faitii  of  tlie  Fathers.  |  —  |  Or,  |  the  Articles  of  the  |  True  Religion,  | 
all  of  them  Exliibited  |  in  the  Express  Words  of  the  |  Old  Testament.  | 
Partly,  |  to  confirm  those  who  do  jirofess  that  Reli-  |  gion  of  God,  and 
His  Messiah.  |  But  Chietly,  |  to  Engage  the  Jewish  Nation,  unto  |  the 
Religi(m  of  their  Patriarclis;  |  And,  liring  down  the  Hearts  of  the 
Fathers  into  |  the  Children,  and  the  Disobedient  unto  the  |  Wisdom  of 
the  Just;  and  so.  To  make  Ready  |  a  People  prepared  for  the  Lord. 
I  —  I  By  Cotton  Mather.  |  —  |  [Four  lines  from  Luke  xxiv.  27.] 
I  —  II  Boston  ill  New-England.  |  Printed  by  B.  Green,  and  J.  Allen. 
1699.      ICmo.      pp.  24. 

Title[)age,  surrounded  by  a  border  line,  verso,  four  lines  fi'om  Isa.  xl.  3, 
5,  two  lines  of  stars,  and  below,  "The  Memorable  Words  of  Rabbi  Samuel 

I  Marochianus,  in  his  Book,  about,  The  |  Coming  of  tlie  Messiah";  3,  4, 
"To  the  I  Jewish  Nation";  5-24,  "The  Faith  of  the  Fathers.  Or,  the 
Wiiole  Religion,  of  our   Blessed   Lord-  |  Messiah;   Taught,  In  the  Express 

I  Words  of  tlie  Old  Testament." 


11-  EAULY    AMEUICAN    LMPUINTS. 

The  I  Man  of  War.  I  A  Sonnon  |  Proachod  to  the  Artilloi y  Company  |  at 
Huston,  on  June  5.  16t»9.  |  Being  the  Aniversary  day  fuv  tlieir  |  Election 
I  of  Officers.  I  —  I  By  Samuel  Willaid,  Teacher  of  a  Church  |  in 
Boston.  I  —  I  [One  line  from  Psalms  xviii.  31.]  |  —  |  [Two  lines  of 
Latin.]  |  —  ||  Boston,  Printed  V>y  B.  Green,  and  J.  Allen,  |  for  Michael 
Perry,  and  are  to  be  Sold  at  his  |  Shop  ov«'r  atrainst  tlie  Town-IIouse. 
\6d'J.      IGmo.     pp.  30. 

Titlei>a4re,  surroimdcd  Ity  a  border  line,  rer.so  blank  ;   3-3o,  "The  Man  | 
of  I  War,"  runnini;  headlines;  I'p.  "Advertisement'"  of  Willard's  "Spiritual 
Desertions,"  "  Printed  for  and  SdM  by  Benjamin  Eliot,  |  at  liis  Simp  under 
the  West  End  of  the  I  T..\\ii  House.      ICiiit."'   nrsn  blank. 


Order  of  their  Exc(dleuci<'s  tlie  Lords  |  Justices  in  Council,  coutiiining  sev- 
eral I  Acts  and  Laws  of  the  Province  of  the  |  Massachusetts- Bay,  made 
in  the  years,  |  1G94,  1C95,  16!)(),  1G97.  |  At  the  |  Council  Clianiber  |  at 
Whitehall,  the  24.  of  November,  1G98.  |  Present.  |  Their  ExceUencies 
the  Lords  Justices.     No  titlepage.     Eidio.     pj>.   1. 

Pages  1-3,  heading  given  above,  text,  and  at  the  end  between  two  rules, 
"Piibli-shed  at  Boston,  April  27tli.  1(199  ";  3-4,  "  Order  of  their  Excel- 
lencies the  Lords  |  Justices  in  Council,  Repealing  several  |  Acts  of  the 
Province  of  the  Massachusetts-  |  Bay,  made  in  the  years,  lG9o,  1(I9G  &  1G97. 

I  At  the  I  Council  Chamber  |  at  Whitehall  the  24.  day  November.  lii!is.  | 
Present,  |  Their  Excellencies  the  L(jrds  Justices,''  and  at  the  end  Intweeu 
two  rules,  "  Published  at  Boston,   April   27th.    1G99."     TInd»'riieath    is   the 
cfdophon,   "  Boston  in  New-England,   Printed  by  Bartholomew  Oreeu,  and 

I  John  Allen,  Printers  to  the  fJuveniuur  and  Council  |  H;99."      Ibith   jiarts 
uro  signed  "John  Povey." 


[Prodaiuation  concerning  the  (d)servance  of  the  Lonls  Day.  Im))rint  at  foot 
of  the  page]  Boston,  Printed  by  Bartliohimew  ( Jreeii,  and  Jnlm  Allen, 
Printers  to  Ilis  Excellency  |  the  (Jiivernmir  and  CuiinciL  Ii.'.Mi.  Iliciad- 
side.     Folio. 

"Province  of  the  |  Massarliusetts-  |  Bay  in  Ni'W-  |  England";  a  cut  <>{ 
tlif  arms  of  (J  real  Britain  ;  "  By  Ilis  Exci  llency,  |  iiiciiard  Earl  of  Ibllumonl, 

I  Ca|>tain  (ietieral  and  (Jovernour  in  Chief  nf  Ilis  Majesties  |  Province  of  |Ih« 
MaH.Ha<diuH«'tts-Bay  in  New-England,   &.c. — and  Vice  Admiral  of  tin'  same. 

I  A  pHK-damution  "  ;  refers  to  the  fact  that  "not  (Uily  Children  and  Youth, 
but  unmy  persons  of  riper  years,  do  too  often  prophiine  the  said  Day  l>y  fr<^- 
qui-nting  of  TaveniH  ami  Ale-houses  for  Tipling  and  Drinkini;,  walking 
abroad  in  the  streetH  and  fields  fur  diversion  and  recreation,  and  otherwise 
inispend  the  said  Holy 'I'ime  "  ;  and  reipiires  all  ollicers  to  see  "  that  th(> 
LnwH  uiadf!  for  the  Observation  of  the  said  Day  "  are  "  vigopiirsly  put  in 
Execution."  "(liven  at  the  Cduncil  Chambir  in  Bostiui,  the  Twenty-first 
dny  of  June  .  .  .  1G!»9.  |  Bellomont."  "By  Order  <d'  liis  Ex-  |  celleiicy  &. 
Council,  I  Jmiac  Addiiigton,  Seer." 


EARLY   AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  113 

[Proclamation  for  tlio  arrest  and  conviction  of  Joseph  Bnulish  and  otliers. 
Imprint  at  bottom  for  the  most  part  cut  off]  Boston,  Printed  by  Bar- 
tholomew Green  and  John  Allen,  Printers  to  the  Governour  &  Council. 
1699.     Broadside.     Folio. 
*'  Province  of  the  |  i\rassachnsetts-  |  Bay  in  New-  |  England  "  ;  a  cut  of 
the  arms  of  Great  Britain  ;    "  ]iy  the  Honorable,  \  William  Stoughton  Esq. 
I  Lieutenant  Governour  and    Commander   in    Chief.  |  A    Proclamation  "  ; 
requiring  "all  Justices  of  the  Peace,  Sheriffs,  Constables,"  and  other  officers 
and  subjects  to  arrest  Joseph  Bradish  and  his  accomplices,  who  belonged  to 
the  crew  of  the  Ship  Adventure  of  London,  "of  between  three  &  four  hun- 
dred Tuns,  mounted  with  Twenty  two  Guns,  Thomas  Gulleck  Commander 
.  .  .  being  on    a  Voyage  from  London  .  .  unto  Borneo  in    India  in  the 
Year  of  our  Lord  1698  "  ;  and  who,  "  piratically  &  feloniously  did  seize  and 
run  away  with  the  said  Ship  and  her  Lading  .   .   .  unto  Block  Lsland  within 
His  Majesties  Colony  of  Rhode  Island.     Where  .   .   .   said  Joseph  Bradish, 
and  his  Accomplices  have  sunk  the  said  Ship,  and  dispersed  themselves  into 
divers  parts  and  ])hices";    such  persons  to  be   "Proceeded  against  as  the 
Law  directs."     "Given  at  the  Council  Chamber  in  Boston,  the  First  day  of 
Ai>ril,  1699,   ...  I  William  Stoughton." 

To  His  Excellency,  |  Ricliard,  |  Earl  of  Bellomont,  Baron  of  Coloony,  in 
I  the  Kingdom  of  Ireland,  Governour  |  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  the 
Provinces  [  of  the  Massachusetts-Bay,  New  York  and  |  New-Hampsliire. 
The  Address  of  the  Ministers  met  at  Boston  in  |  New  England,  May 
31st.  1699.  [Imprint  at  foot  of  second  page]  Boston,  Printed  by  Bar- 
tholomew Green,  and  John  Allen,  Printers  |  to  His  Excellency  the 
Governour  and  Council.     1G99.     4to.     pp.  2. 

A  letter  of  congratulation  upmi  his  arrival  saying,  besides  other  things, 
that  "we  believe.  That  Your  Excellency  will  on  all  occasions  express  the 
good-will  of  a  Connnon  Father  unto  the  Churches  of  Non -conformists  .  .  . 
in  New-England,"  calling  his  attention  to  the  importance  of  obtaiuiug  "  from 
Ilis  Majesty,  a  Settlement  of  that  our  University";  signed,  "Increase 
Mather,  |  In  the  Name,  and  at  the  Desire  of  the  Ministers,  in  the  |  Province 
of  the  Massacluisetts-Bay,  who  Met  |  at  Boston,  May  31.  1699." 

Thirty  |  Important  Cases,  |  Rescdved  |  With   Evidence    of  |  Scripture  |  and 

I  Reason.  |  [Mostly,]  |  By  Several  Pastors    of  Adjacent    Churches,  | 
meeting  in  Cambridge,  |  New-England  |  [With  some  other  memorable 
matters]  |  Now  published  for  |  General  Benefit.   [By  Cotton  Mather.] 

II  Boston  in  New  England.  |  Printed  by  Bartholomew  Green,  &,  John 
Allen  I  Sold  at  the  Book-sellers  Slioi)s.     1699.     16mo.     ])p.  3-78. 

Titlepage  wanting;  3-6,  "Advertisement,"  signed  "Cotton  Mather"; 
7-77,  text-  77,  78,  "  At  a  |  General  Meeting  of  |  Ministers  |  from  |  Diverse 
parts  of  the  Province  of  the  |  Massachusetts  Bay  ;  Assembled  at  j  Boston, 
May  27.  1697.  |  [The  Following  Instrument,  was  generally  Signed  ;  j  Which 
is  in  here  Inserted  and  Published,  j  In  Perpetuam  Rci  Memoriam.]  " ;  1  p. 
containing  three  lines  of  "  Errata"  wantiuir. 


114  KARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS. 

A  I  Watch  1  lor  a  I  Wi>f  MauV  Observation.  |  In  Two  Parts.  |  First,  A 
Divine  Poem,  |  on  the  |  Three  Persons  in  the  Holy-Trinity,  the  Four 
Evangelists,  the  Ten  Comniandments,  and  the  Twelve  Apostles.  |  III. 
A  Preparation,  by  a  Holy  Life,  for  the  Hour  of  Death,  that  we  may  all 
be  fitted  for  our  Latter  End  when  we  shall  iro  hence,  |  and  be  no  more 
seen.  |  [Imjtrint  at  tin-  bottom]  Boston,  Priuteil  by  li.  Green,  and  J. 
Allen,  for  Midiael  Perry,  ami  are  to  be  Sold  at  liis  Shop  over  against 
the  Town  House.     1G9U.     Broadside.     Ftdio. 

This  broadside  is  printed  in  three  columns  and  contains  two  ])oems,  the 
first  one  tilling  the  first  column  and  the  tojis  of  the  second  and  third;  near 
tlie  top  of  the  second  and  third  columns  is  "  The  |  Second  Part,  Containing, 
A  Preparation  for  Death,"  over  whicli  is  a  line  of  border  ])icces.  At  tlie 
beginning  of  tlie  first  c(dumn  of  the  slieet  is  the  representation  of  the  face  of 
a  clock,  with  a  single  hand  pointing  to  twelve  o'clock. 

Wunnamptamoe   ]   Sampooaonk    |   Wussampoowoiitanum    |    Nashpe  moen- 
wehkti-  I  munganash  ut  |  New-England.  |  Qushkenunum  en   Indiane  | 
Unnontowaoiii,ranit.  |  —  |  Xashpe    |   Grindal    Kawson,   ifcc.  |  —  |  [One 
line  of  Indian  from  Eph.  iv.  5;  two  lines  of  Indian  fn)m  Col.  ii.  5.]  | 
—  II  Musiiauw(tmuk.  |  Printeunn    nashpe    Bartholomew   Green,   kali  | 
John  Allen.      IG'J'J.      Kiino.      pp.  (12),  3-lGl,  (4). 
First  page  blank;    title,  '".V    Confession    of  Faith..  lOfSO,"'   wanting; 
titlepage  in  Indian,  ccrso  blank:    lo  pp.  "  Tiie  Epistle  Dedicatory.  |  —  |  To 
the  Honoral>le  j  William  Stoughton   Esq.  |  Lieutenant  Governour  of  His  | 
Maje.sties  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  |  Bay  in  New  England.  |  An<l  |  to 
the  Ueverend  |  Increase  Mather  D.  D.  |  Teacher   of  the  Second    Climch   <if 
Christ  I  in    Boston,  and    President   of   Harvard  |  C<dledge   in   Cambridgi'"; 
1  leaf  wanting;  ;<-lfil,  "Wunnamptamoe  j  Sampooaonk,"  |>p.  l.VJ  and   IGU 
and  lower  part  of  1(!1  wanting;  4  jip.  "  A  Table  of  th«f  Chapters  in  the  Con- 
fessi-  I  on  of  Faith,"  beginning  on  the  versu  of  p.  Id  ;  Englisli  on  the  verso 
arid   Indian  on  the  recto  of  the  leaves,  e.xcepling  "The  Epistle  Dedicatory"; 
running  lieadlincH;  last  page  blank. 


I  700. 

Acts  and    Laws,  |   I'ass<-d   by  the   (ireat  and   (ieiieral    (  Ouii    01    Assembly  of 

tin-  I  I'rovince  of  the  .Nlassachusells-Bay  in   New- England  :    Begun  and 

I  Held  at  Boston,   the  Thirty-lirst  of  May,  l<i:»!t.      Ami  coutimn-d  |  by 

Meverul    I'rorogations   unto  Wedm-sday  the  Thirteenth  of  |  March   f<d- 

lowing,  and  th<'U  Sat.      No  titlepage,     4to.     pp.  1. ')!)-!  70. 

Pages    irV-J-lTC,    text;    various    li<vidliiie>^ ;    r..||..\»-    "   \eis   an, I     l,a\\>," 

1GU9,  with  coiitinuoiiH  paging. 

Aet«  and  LawH,  |  Pawned  by  the  (Weat  \-  General  Court  or  Assemlily  of  IIIh 
Majei»lie»  |  Province  of  the  Massachusetts- May,  in  New-JOnt'land  : 
Begun  and  |  Hejil  ut  lioMlon,  on  Wednesday  the  Twenty-iiiiith  of  May, 
1700.      No  litlepat.'.'.      It...      |.|.     1  .  .    1!»2. 


EARLY   AMERICAN   IMPRINTS.  115 

A  cut  of  the  arms  of  Great  Britain  above  the  heading;  177-192,  text, 
various  headlines  ;  followed  ])y  "  Acts  and  Laws"  from  1701  to  1703,  which 
complete  the  volume. 

Tulley,   1 700.  |  —  |  An  |  Almanack    |    for  the  Year  of  our  Lord,    1 700.  | 
Being  Bissextile   or   Leap- Year,   and  from  |  the  Creation,  .504  9.     And 
from  the  |  Discovery  of  America  by  Chr.  Columbus,   208.  |  Wherein  is 
Contained  the  Lunations,  CV»urts,  |  Si)ring  Tides,  Planets,  Aspects  and 
Weather,  the  Bising  and  Setting  <>i'  the  Sun,  to-  |  gctlier  witli  the  Sun 
and  Moons  place,  and  |  time  of  Full  Sea,   or   High-Water,   with   an  | 
account  of  the  Eclipses,  Conjunctions,  and  |  other  Configurations  of  the 
Caelestial  Bodies.  |  Calculated  for  and  fitted  to  the  Meridian  of  Boston 
I  in   New-England,  where  tlic  Nortli    Pole   is  Ele-  |  vated  42   gr.   30 
min.       But    nuiy    indifferently   |   servo   any   part    of    New-England.    | 
Unto  which  is   added.   Natural   Prognostics  for  |  the  judgment  of  the 
Weather.  |  —  |  By  John   Tulley.  |  —  |  Licensed    by   Authority.  |  —  || 
Boston,   Printed  by  liarthcdomevv  Green,  |  &  John  Allen.     Sold  at  the 
Printing-IIouse  I  at  the  South  end  of  the  Town.    1700.    IGmo.    pp.  (16). 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso,  "  Of  the  Eclipses 
this  Year,  1700  "  ;  12  pp.  January  to  December;  2  pp.  "Natural  Prognos- 
ticks  for  the  judgment  of  the  Weather  "  ;  below  "  Finis  "  is  an  "  Advertise- 
ment "  of  Cotton  Mather's  "  Everlasting  Gospel,"  which  "  Speedily  may  be 
Published,"  to  be  "Sold  by  Nicholas  ButtolpJi  at  his  Shop  at  the  corner 
of  Gutteridges  Coffee-House." 

A  I  Brief  Narration  of  the  sufferings  of  the  People  |  called  Quakers;  who 
were  put  to  death  at  |  Boston  in  New-England.  |  Also  |  An  account 
from  their  own  hands,  of  their  |  Coming  to  Boston,  and  of  their  staying 
j  in  tJieir  Jurisdiction  after  Banishment.  |  W^ith  |  a  Precious  Epistle 
of  William  Kobinson,  to  us  his  fellow-  |  Prisoners,  and  other  Epistles 
hereunto.  Annexed.     No  titlepaye.      12mo.     pp.38. 

Pages  1-l.j,  text ;  (IG)  lilaiik  :  1  7-2o.  "  William  Robinsons  Paper  to  the 
Court  before  |  he  was  sentenced  to  Death,  Concerning  the  cause  |  of  their 
coming  into  those  parts,  for  which  |  they  were  put  to  Death  ;  whicli  the 
Gover-  I  nour  in  a  great  rage  and  furie  said,  |  should  not  be  Read,  and  that 
ihe  1  Court  would  not  hear  it";  21-23,  "  Marmaduke  Stevensons  Paper,  of 
his  call  to  the  |  work  and  service  of  the  Lord,  giveu  forth  by  him  |  a  little 
before  he  was  put  to  Death:  And  |  after  he  had  reached  his  sentence"; 
24-28,  "Here  followeth  an  Epistle  of  William  Robinsons  |  written  l)y  him  a 
Little  before  he  was  put  |  to  Death  "  ;  29-3S,  "  A  Spot  unto  New-England's 
Glory,"  relating  to  Mary  Dyer. 

At  the  end  of  the  text  in  the  first  part  fpage  15),  on  two  slips 
of  paper,  tliere  appear  the  printed  words,  "  lihode-lshand  1700," 
and  "Daniel  Gould,"  which  are  pasted  on  the  page  ;  uiiderneath 
these  slips  is,  in  manuscript,  "  Uy  Daniel  Gould     Rhode  Island 


116  EARLY   AMERICAN   IMPRINTS. 

1700,"  presumably  the  autograph  signature  of  the  author.  At 
the  end  of  the  pamphlet  are  similar  printed  slips,  and  under 
"  Finis,"  in  the  same  handwriting,  the  words,  "  lihode  Island 
1700  Daniel  Gould."  Prince,  in  his  Catalogue,  says:  "I  sup- 
pose twas  Printed  in  1690,  w°  y"  Book  was  to  w'=  it  answers"; 
but  as  this  was  only  a  supposition  on  his  part,  I  place  the  title 
under  1700,  in  accordance  with  the  printed  slips  and  the  writing. 


The  I  Fountain  Oponoil :  |  Or,  |  the  Gifal  Go.'^pel  Privilfdije  <>f  liaving  | 
Christ  e.\hil»ite«l  tt»  SiufiiU  Men.  |  Whcri'in  |  also  is  provi'd  that  tliero 
shall  be  |  a  National  Calling  of  the  |  Jews  |  from  Zoch.  XIII.  1.  |  —  | 
By  Samuel  Willard,  |  Teacher  of  a  Church  in  Boston.  |  —  |  [Two  lines 
from  1  Cor.  ii.  2.]  |  —  |  [One  line  of  Latin.]  |  — ||  Boston  in  New= 
Enghmd,  |  Printoil  hy  B.  Green,  and  ,1.  Allen,  |  for  Samuel  Sewall 
Junior.      1700.      Hlmu.      j.|>.  (4),  20S,  (2).     [Three  copies.] 

Titlepayt',  siirniimilcd  l>y  a  limilrr  liiic,  verso  hlank ;  2  pp.  "To  the 
Header,"  signrd  "Samuel  Willard";  l-lG(j,  "  Tiu-  |  Fountain  ()|)cnt'd, 
&c.'';  b«'low '' Finis"  on  i)aire  l(j<!,  "Bather  than  tliis  Page  siiould  stand 
Empty,  I  the  Keailer  may  he  gratified  witli  the  last  |  Clause  of  Dr.  Thomas 
Goodwin's  E.vposition  I  of  the  Bevelation  :  which  is  as  ft dloweth,"  sixteen 
lines  of  (piotation  ;  lt)7-208,  "Evangelical  Perfection.  |  Or  |  How  far  the 
Gospel  requires  Believers  to  |  Aspire  after  being  compleatly  Perfect.  |  As  it 
was  Delivered  on  a  Lecture  at  lioston,  ]  on  June  loth.  lli!)4.  |  —  |  By 
Samuel  Willard,  Teacher  of  a  Church  |  in  Biiston";  2  jij).  "  A  Brief  Account 
of  ](rincipal  matters  |  contained  in  the  foregoing  Treatise  "  ;  running  head- 
lines;   list  of  "Errata"  at  foot  of  tlie  last  page,  four  lines. 

One  copy  of  this  book  was  the  subject  of  sonic  vcniarks  at  a 
meeting  of  this  Society,  on  Marcli  12,  1S85.  (Sec  Proceedings, 
2d  series,  II.  41-43.)  On  the  stub  of  a  lly-leaf  at  the  beginning 
are  tlie  words  in  .Judge?  Scwall's  hamlw  i  itiiig,  "  l-'or  William 
[F[ir<t^]  .Tunc,  10"  [1720  v]. 

Good  SouldierH  |  u  (ireal  |  ]{|essing  ;  |  being  ho  represented  in  A  |  Sermon 
I  Preached  on  the  d.iy  for  Election  |  of  OlHeers,  in  the  llouourable  |  Ar- 
tillery Company  in  Boston,  |  .Iiine  .'Id.  IToo,  |  —  |  By  Ibiijamin  Wads- 
wiirlh,  I  Pa«lor  <if  a  Church  in  Boston.  ]  —  |  [Two  lines  from  1  Sam. 
xviii.  17.]  I  —  II  Boston  in  New  England,  I  I'rinled  by  B.  (Jreeti,  and  .1. 
Allen,  for  I  Samind  I'hillips,  at  the  Brick-Shop  near  |  the  njd  Mrciinii- 
IIotlHC.      1700.       ICmo.      pp.  2K.      [Two  copies.] 

Titlepjige,  surrounded  liy  a  bnider  line,  rrrio  blank  ;  .'1-2H,  "  (iuml  Sonl- 
dii-nt  I  It  Great  |  HleMt<ing,"  running  heailline>  ;    a  hut  al   the   beginning  and 

...,.|    l.b.Mk 


EARLY   AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  117 

Near  the  top  of  tlio  titlepage  is  written,  "  pertinet  ad  Authorem. 
An.  1702  "  ;  and  at  tlie  foot  of  paj^e  28  appear  the  words:  "This 
Sermon  was  preaclied  and  })rinted,  at  y"  desire  of  y*'  Honourable 
Artillery  company,  twas  y''  first  of  mine,  y*  ever  appeared  in 
print." 


Gospel  OrcU'r  |  Revived,  |  Beiui?  an  Answer  to  a  Book  lately  set  |  forth  by 
the  Keverend  Mr.  Increase  Mather,  President  |  of  Harvard  Colledge,  &c. 
Entituled  |  The  Order  of  tlie  Gospel,  &c  |  Dedicated  to  the  Churches  of 
Christ  in  New-England.  |  —  |  By  sundry  Ministers  of  the  Gospel  iu 
New-England.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  from  Prov.  xviii.  17;  two  lines  from 
Isa.  viii.  20.  |  —  ||  Printed  in  tlie  Year  1700.  I'imo.  pp.  (11),  40. 
[Two  copies.] 

First  page  blank,  verso^  "  Advertisement  "  [given  below]  ;  titlepage,  verso 
blank;  8  pp.  "The  Epistle  Dedicatory,  |  to  the  Chnrches  of  Christ  in  N. 
England,"  running  headlines;  1-40,  "Gospel  Order  Revived,  &c."  Under 
the  "  Advertisement "  is  pasted  a  list  of  "  Errata,"  fourteen  lines,  all  below 
the  heading  in  two  columns. 

Advertisement. 

rrille  Reader  is  desired  to  take  Notice,  that  the  Press  |  in  Boston  is  so  much 
-^    under  the  aw  of  the  Reverend  |  Author,   whom  we  answer,  and  his 
Friends,  that  we  |  could  not  obtain  of  the  Printer  there  to  print  the  fol-  | 
lowing  Sheets,  which  is  the  only  true  Reason  why  we  |  have  sent  the  Copy 
so  far  for  its  Impression. 

For  an  account  of  this  work,  which  was  printed  in  New  York, 
by  William  Bradford,  see  Thomas's  "  History  of  Printing  "  (I.  290, 
291);  and  also  the  collation  of  "The  Printers  Advertisement," 
given  on  page  120  of  this  List. 


Gospel  Order  |  Revived,  ]  [title  continues  same  as  before].  12mo.  pp. 
(11),  40. 

Collation  same  as  before ;  following  words  added  to  the  Advertisement : 
"  and  where  |  it  printed  with  some  Difficulty  "  ;  has  no  list  of  errata. 

His  Excellency,  |  the  Earl  of  Bellomont's  |  Speech  |  to  the  |  Honorable  the 
Council  and  House  of  Representatives,  Convcn'd  |  in  General  Assembly, 
at  Boston,  in  His  Majesties  Province  of  the  |  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New- 
England,  on  Wednesday  the  29.  of  May.  1700.  4to.  p]>.  2.  [Slightly 
imperfect.] 

He  gives  advice  in  regard  to  the  "  Settlement  of  the  College  ";  concern- 
ing the  fortification  of  Boston  Harbor ;  about  helping  "  Ministers  in  the 
remote  parts  of  the  Province";    specially  recommends  to  their  care  "the 

15 


1  1  ^  EA  U  LV    A  M  111:  K"  A  N    I M  I'l;  1 N  TS. 

Fifiicli  Minister  of  this  Tnwii.  wlm  is  ilt-stitiite  of  a  Maiiiti  naiico.  licoanse 
tliiTe  an-  so  very  few  Freiu-li  Families  here";  refers  to  the  French  Protes- 
tants being  cncourairtMl  anioiij;  them,  saying  tliai  they  "\v<iuhl  have  htcn  of 
great  use  for  Peopling  this  (."ountry,  and  enriehing  it  hy  trade  ";  speaks  of 
"  the  Circumstances  we  are  in  with  the  Eastern  Indians,"  saying  "  that  the 
French  Missionaries  have  debauch'd  'em  from  their  former  Obedience  to  the 
King";  refers  to  "the  parting  with  Canada  to  the  French,  and  the  Eastern 
Country  eall'd  Acadie  or  Nova-Scotia";  recommends  a  "Law  to  prevent 
the  es<'ape  of  Pyrates  and  other  Offenders  out  <tf  Prison."  and  also  one  ''that 
shall  etlectually  ]>revent  tlie  Clipping  and  Debasing  the  Current  Coin,  and 
also  the  Exportation  thereof";  and  urges  them  to  bring  "the  Eastern  In- 
dians .  .  .  under  the  Obedience  of  His  Majesty,"  etc  ;  signed  "  Hy  Vertue 
of  an  Order  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  I  do  |  Appoint  IJartholumew 
Green,  and  John  Allen,  to  Print  His  |  Excellency's  Sjieedi.  |  John  Leverett 
Speaker." 

Love's  I  Pedigree.  |  Or  ]  a  Discourse  shewing  tlie  Grace  of  |  Love  in  a 
Believer  to  be  of  |  a  Divine  Original  |  Delivered  in  a  |  Sernum  | 
preached  at  the  Lecture  in  B(..ston,'|  Febr.  29.  i4g§-  |  —  |  By  S.  Wil- 
lard,  Teacher  of  a  Church  there.  |  —  |  [Three  lines  from  James  i.  1 7.] 
I  —  II  Boston,  in  X.  E.  Printed  by  B.  Green,  and  |  J.  Allen,  .^uld  by 
Benjamin  Eliot,  at  his  Shop  |  under  the  West  End  of  the  Town-House. 
170U.      IGmo.      ]»p.  '2H. 

Titlepage,    surrounded    by   a   border   line,   verso   bl.mk;    ."t-i's,    "Loves 
Pedigree  "  ;    running  headlines. 

Near  the  top    t)f    the   titlupage  is  written,  "Sam"   Checkley 
1700." 


Morality  |  not  to  be  |  Belied  mi  for  Life.  |  Or,  |  a  I'rief  Disconrs<',  discover- 
ing tlie  I  One  Thing  Wanting,  |  which  leaves  |  the  legalist  Short  of  Life 
Eternal.  |  Delivered  in  a  Sermon  on  the  Lecture  |  in  Boston,  May,  2.'{d. 
1700.  I  —  I  By  Siimiiel  Willard.  Teaclu'r  of  |  a  Church  in  Ho.ston.  |  —  | 
[Four  lineH  from  Titus  iii.  '>.]  \  —  ||  I'.ostoii,  in  N.  E.  Printed  by  B. 
Green,  &  J.  Allen,  |  for  Benjamin  Eliot,  at  his  Shop  iimler  the  |  W«'st 
End  of  the  Town  HoUHe.      1700.      KJmo.     pp-  -'m. 

Titlepage,  surrounded   by  a  border  line,  vtrso  blanU  ;    '.''-2s,   ••  Moialily 
I  not  to  be  Belied  on  for  Life  "  ;    running  headlines. 


'I'lie  Order  of  the  |  (JoHjiel,  |  ProfeH(<ed  and    Pr;icti>ed   by   the  j  (lunches  of 
Chrinl  in  |  Ni-w-Eiiyland,  JiiHlitied,  by  the  |  S<Tiplme,  and  by  the  Writ- 
ing»  I  of  many   Learned  men,   boili  |  Ancient   and   Modern    Divines;  | 
In  A iiHwer  to  several  (^ueMtionH,  |  relating  to  Cliun-li   Discipline  |  —  | 
By    Iiicreaw   Mather,    PreHJdeiit   of  |  Harvard    Cidle.lye  in   Cambridge, 
and  I  'I'e.i.-lier  of  a  Chuich   iil    Boston  I  in    N.-w  Eiiuland.  I         I  [Three 


KAULY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  119 

lines  from  Jor.  ii.  21,  3(] ;  two  lines  from  Col.  ii.  5.]  |  —  ||  Boston, 
Printed  by  B.  Green,  &  J.  Allen,  |  for  Nicholas  Buttolph,  at  his  Shop 
at  the  I  Corner  of  Gutteridges  Office-House.  1700.  16mo.  pp. 
143,  (1).     [Two  copies.] 

Titlc'iJage,  surrounded  by  a  border  line,  verso,  four  lines  of  Latin  between 
two  border  lines;  3-12,  "The  Epistle  Dedicatory.  |  —  |  To  the  ]  Churches  of 
Christ  I  in  |  New-England,"  signed  "  Increase  Mather,"  and  dated  at  "  Bos- 
ton. 1  m.  I  1700.";  13-143,  "The  |  Order  of  the  Churches  |  in  New-Eng- 
land. I  Vindicated"  ;  p.  143,  below  "  The  End  "  is  a  list  of  "  Errata,"  seven 
lines  ;  below  this  on  the  next  page,  "  The  Contents  ";  running  headlines. 

In  the  upper  margin  of  the  titlepage  of  one  copy  is  written, 
"  Sam'!  Checkley  :  1700  12^'." 

The  Peril  |  of  the  |  Times  |  Displayed.  |  Or  |  the  Danger  of  Mens  taking  up 
I  with  a  1  Form  of  Godliness,  |  But  Denying  the  Power  of  it.  |  Being 
I  the  Substance  of  several  Sermons  |  Preached  :  |  —  |  By  Samvel  Wil- 

lard,  I  Teacher  of  a  Church  in  Boston.  N.  E.  |  —  |  [One  line  of  Latin.] 
I  —  II  Boston,  Printed  by  B.  Green,  &  J.  Allen.  |  Sold  by  Benjamin 

Eliot.      170(t.      Kimo.  pp.  3-12. 

Titlepage  wanting  ;  3-12,  "  To  tlie  |  Reader,"  signed  "  Increase  Mather," 
and  dated  at  "  Boston,  New  England  |  November,  IGDi)  "  ;  13-16S,  wanting. 
See  copy  in  the  Prince  Library. 


A  Pillar  of  Gratitude.  |  —  |  Or,  |  A  brief  Recapitulation,  of  the  Match=  | 
less  Favours,  with  which  the  |  God  of  Heaven  hath  obliged  the  |  Hearty 
Praises,  of  His  |  New=English  Israel.  |  A  Sermon  delivered  in  the  Audi- 

j  euce  of  His  Excellency,  the  |  Earl  of  Belhmiont,  Captain  |  General, 
and  Governour  in  |  Chief,  and  of  the  Council  &  |  Representatives,  of 
the  Gene-  |  ral  Assembly  of  the  Pro-  |  vince  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Con-  I  vened  at  Boston,  in  New  England.  |  On  May  29  1700  the  Day, 
for  Election  |  of  Counsellors,  in  that  Province.  |  —  |  By  Cotton  Mather. 

I  —  I  Wiiereto  there  is  Appendiced,  an  Extract  of  |  some  Accounts, 
conceiving  tlie  Won-  |  derful  Success  of  the  Glorious  Gos-  |  pel,  in  the 
East  I  Indies.  |  —  |  [One  line  of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Boston,  Printed  by  B 
Green,  &  J  Allen.      1700.      KJmo.      pp.  4S. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  border  line,  r^ns-o  blank  ;  3-44,  "  A  Pillar  of 
Gratitude.  |  At  the  Oi)ening  of  the  Great  and  Gene-  |  ral  Assembly,  of  the 
Province  of  |  Massachuset  Bay,  New  England.  |  29d.  3m.  1700,"  running 
headlines;  45-48,  "An  Apjtendix.  |  Giving  a  more  particular  Account  of 
the  I  (Jlorious  and  Wonderful  Succes  which  |  the  Gospel  liatli  had  in  the 
East-Indies.  |  [Touched  in  the  foregoing  Sermon]." 

The  I  Printers  |  Advertisement.     [Coloplion  at  the  foot  of  page  (5]   Boston, 
Printed  by  John  Allen.     1700.     No  titlepage.     12mo.     pp.10. 


120  KAKLY    AMEltlCAN    IMTKINTS. 

Pajr«>  !,••  I'iif  _  I'liiitris  1  Advertisoinont,"  signed  •' Rartholoinow  Groon," 
and  datod  at  "Boston,  Doconiber  |  21st.  1700";  1  p.  further  statement  by 
the  printer,  '"  Dated  in  IJostou,  December  24th,  1700  "  ;  3-5,  "The  |  Deposi- 
tions 1  of  I  Thomas  Brattle,  Gent.  |  and  |  Zeehariah  Tnthill,  Merchant," 
"The  I  Depositions  |  of  |  John  Mieo,  &  Zeeliariah  Tiithill,  Mereliant.s" 
fsijBHied  by  them  respectively  and  each  dated  at  "  Boston,  December  27, 
1700";  5,  6,  statement  of  Tliomas  Brattle,  signed  by  him  and  dated  at 
"Boston,  December  27,  1700'';  7,8,  "The  Deposition  of  |  Bartholomew 
Green,  Printer,"  signed  by  him  and  dated  at  "  Boston,  January  4th.  jlg^;"  ; 
8,  9,  "The  Deposition  of  John  Allen  and  Timothy  Green,  Printers," signed 
by  them  and  dated  at  "Boston  Jannary,  4th.  |  }|gj:";  9,  10,  "To  the 
Candid  Reader,"  signed  "  B.  Green,"  and  dated  at  "Boston,  Jan.  10. 
1700,  1  ";  colophon  at  the  end  of  page  10,  "  Boston,  Printed  by  Bartholomew 
Green,  17ul." 

This  relates  to  "Gospel  Order  Revived,"  mentioned  above,  and 
is  a  reply  to  the  Advertisement  there  printed. 


The  Selling  |  of  |  Joseph  |  A  Memorial.  [C'olo].hon]  Boston  of  tlie  Massa- 
cbiisets;  |  Printed  by  Bartholomew  Green,  and  Joiin  Alien.  June,  '24th. 
1700.     No  titlepage.     F«dio.     pp.3. 

This  tract  was  written  l>y  Judge  Sewall.  See  Proceedings 
(YIl.  161-16"))  for  October,  1S63,  and  Collections  (.")th  series, 
VI.   16-liO),  for  a  reprint  of  tlie  .'^anie. 


The 'I'ruly  |  Bles.sed  Man:  |  Or.  ]  the  way  to  l.c  lla]>py  here,  |  and  |  For 
Kvcr:  I  Being  the  Substance  of  Divers  |  Sermons  |  |ireached  on.  Psalm 
XXXII.  I  —  I  By  Samuel  Willard,  |  Teacher  of  a  Church  in  Boston. 
N.  E.  I  —  I  [Six  lines  from  Isa.  .\ii.  1,  2.]  |  —  ||  Boston  in  N.  K. 
Printed  by  B.  (ireeii,  |  and  J.  All.n.  f.,r  Mi.hail  Ptrry.  I  1  Too.  Itluio. 
pp.  652,  (:{).      [Two  copirs.] 

Titlepaye,  surrounded  by  a   border  line,   itisi>   IdanU  ;    .'1   i!.   "To   the  | 
Header,"  .niuned  "SjiumkI  Willard";   7-(;.")2,  "  The  Truly  |  Blessed  Man:  | 
Or,  the  Way  to  be  |  Happy  here,  and  for  ever"  ;  list  of  "  Krrafa  "  at  the  end 
of  page  C,y>,  ten  lines;    ."{   pp.  " 'i'he  |  Contents  |  of  the   principal    nuitters, 
Contaiiiod  in  the  |  foregoing  Treatise  "  ;  last  page  blank. 

One  copy  hns  at  the  lieginning,  opposite  to  thr  titltjiagc,  Judge 
S«jwair.s  leaflet  nu'iitinneil  holnw:  — 


Upon  Mr.  Samuel  Willard,  hi»  firnt  |  coming  into  the  Asse  nldy.  and   Pray- 
ing. I  after  a  loni;  and  danyeronw  Fit  of  |  SicUncMH  ;   November  21.  1  7(»i). 

at  I  .'J.  in  the  Aften ji,  being  a  Day  of  |  Publick  ThanUsgiving.  |  Mr. 

PemlM-rton'M  Text,  P.Mai.  11 H.  *27.      lOw.      I   p. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  121 

These  verses  in  three  stanzas  were  written  by  Judge  Sewall, 
who  mentions  them  in  his  Diary  under  the  same  date,  where  he 
gives  the  first  two.  In  tlie  upper  margin  are  written  two  lines, 
"Donuni  Sam^  Sewal  Esq."  in  one  hand,  and  "To  Ann  Win- 
throp  "  in  another.  The  leaflet  is  pasted  into  a  copy  of  Willard's 
"  The  Truly  Blessed  ]\Ian,"  between  tlie  fly-leaf  and  the  titlepage. 
Prince  says  that  this  was  "Print*^  at  Boston.  1700." 


A  I  Vindication  |  of  the  Divine  |  Authority  |  of  |  Ruling  Elders  |  in  the  | 
Churches  of  Christ:  |  Asserted  by  the  Mini.sters  &  Elders,  met  |  together 
in  a  Provincial  Assembly,  |  Novemb.  2d.  1649.  And  Printed  in  Lon-  | 
don,  1G50.  Beginning  at  Page  34.  to  48.  |  Transcribed  out  of  the  same 
Book.  I  Whercunto  is  added,  |  An  Answer  to  the  Question,  Whether 
are  not  |  the  Brethren,  and  not  the  Elders  of  the  Church  |  only,  to  Judge 
concerning  the  Qualifications.  |  and  Fitness,  of  those  who  are  Admitted 
into  I  their  Communion  °?  By  the  Reverend  Mr.  |  Increase  Mather,  in 
his  Book  Entituled,  |  The  Order  of  the  Gospel :  Printed  in  the  |  year, 
1700.  Beginning  at  Page  23.  to  29.  |  —  |  Reprinted  for  Publiek  Good. 
16mo.     pp.  (1),  28.     [Three  copies.] 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  two  border  lines,  verso  blank;  1-19,  "A  |  Vin- 
dication I  of  the  I  Divine  Authority  of  Ruling  Elders,  &c.  |  In  Answer  to  an 
Objection";  20,  21,  "An  Article,  Agreed  upon  by  the  Elders  |  and  Mes- 
sengers of  the  Churches,  |  Assembled  in  the  Synod,  at  Boston  |  in  New- 
England,  Sept.  10th.  1679";  22-28,  "  Questi(m " ;  last  leaf  of  signature 
"C"  wanting. 

A  Warning  to  the  |  Flocks  |  against  |  Wolves  in  Sheeps  Cloatliing.  |  Or,  | 
A  Faithful  Advice,  from  several  |  Ministers  of  the  Gospel,  in  and  |  near 
Boston,  unto  the  Churches  |  of  New  England,  relating  to  the  |  Dangers 
that  may  arise  fi'om  |  Impostors,  |  Pretending  to  be  Ministers.  |  With 
I  a  Brief  History  of  some  Impostors,  |  Remarkably  and  Seasonably 
detected;  |  Written,  by  One  of  the  Ministers  in  Boston,  |  ti>  assert  that 
Advice  and  prevent  future  Mischiefs.  ||  Boston,  Printed  for  the  Book- 
sellers.     1700.      16ino.     pp.  3-79. 

Titlepage,  wanting  ;  3-10,  "  A  Faithful  Advice,  |  from  |  Several  Ministers 
of  the  Gospel,  |  in  and  near  Boston,  unto  the  Churches  |  of  New-England ; 
relating  to  the  |  Dangers  that  may  arise  from  Impostors,  |  pretending  to  be 
Ministers,"  signed  "  Increase  Mather  |  James  Allen  |  Samuel  Willard  |  Moses 
Fiske  I  Benjamin  Woodbridge  |  Neheniiah  Ilobart  |  John  Danforth  |  Cotton 
Mather  |  Nehemiah  Walter  |  Jonathan  Pierpont  |  Joseph  Belcher  |  Ben- 
jau)in  Wadsworth  |  Benjamin  Ctdenian,"  and  dated  at  "  Boston,  Decemb- 
28.  1G99";  11-28,  "An  History,  of  Some  |  Imposters,  |  Remarkably  and 
Seasonably  detected,  in  |  the  Churches  of  Xew-England  ;  Written  |  to  main- 
tain the  Advice  Published  by  |  some  of  the  Pastors  in  those  Cliurches  |  relat- 
iug  to  Impostures,  and  prevent  all  |  future  Mischiefs  from  them  "  ;  29-52, 


122  KAULV    AMKinCAN    IMl'lUNTS. 

■•  lii«>t'-ii.  r.i  tl.  1  l'»  in.  1690.  I  A  Letter,  ]  containing  a  Keniarlvablo  History, 
I  of  au  I  l!niX)St«'r,"  signed  "Cotton  Mather  "  ;  53,  '•Postscript";  54-79, 
"  Souietliini;  to  be  known,  |  by  all  the  Churches.  |  —  |  Or,  |  Short  Remarks 
upon  the  Keniarkahle  |  Dispensations  of  the  Lord  Jesiis  |  Christ,  unto  His 
Churches,  dis-  |  covering  Secret  Oflendors  and  Ini-  |  postors,  among  them.  | 
—  I  At  Boston  Lecture,  14.  d.  10.  m.  H!9!),"  running  headlines;  last  page 
'•  Advertisement,"  of  Increase  Mather's  "  ( )riUr  of  the  Gospel,"  between  \\\o 
lines  of  border  pieces. 

This  title  is  taken  from  the  tract  in  the  Boston  Alhrnauni ; 
and  the  imperfect  copy  in  tliis  Library  has  been  the  cause  of 
some  confusion  among  bilili(»ora[)hers.  Sabin  ascribes  the  author- 
.ship  both  to  Increase  Mather  (XI.  46."))  in  connection  with 
others,  and  to  his  son  Cotton  (XI.  447);  and  ]\Ir.  Sibley  (1.  A'A, 
III.  69,  74)  falls  into  a  similar  mistake.  Dr.  Dexter  also,  in  his 
"Congregationalism"  (pp.  114,  115),  confounds  the  titles.  The 
first  part  of  the  pamphlet,  as  far  as  page  5.''>,  is  rei'riuleil  in  the 
Magnalia  (Book  VII.  Chap.  Y.  j.p.  :'.0-n ). 

Wednesday  |  January  1.  ITol.  |  A  little  before  r.reak-a-d;iy  at  Boston  of  the 
I  Massachusets.     I'Jmo.      1  p. 

These  verses,  in  three  stanzas,  were  written  by  Judge  Sewall, 
who  entered  in  his  Diary  (II.  27),  under  date  of  January  1, 
1700-1,  that  the  "  IVll-man  said  these  verses  a  liltle  before 
]>reak-a-day,  which  I  i>rinted  and  gave  tliem."  The  verses  wert^ 
]trinted  on  page  28  of  the  same  volume;  ami  the  reprint  (»f 
another  ijroadside  with  tiiree  additicmal  verses  is  givm  with 
some  introductory  remarks  in  the  Proceedings  (2d  series,  I.  l.">, 
14    f..r  .I:...u;irv,  1,SS4. 

The  I  Young  Man.H  claim  |  unto  the  |  Siicramiiit  of  the  |  Lord.><-S  upper.  |  Or, 
I  the  Kxamiuation  of  a  I'erson  |  approiiching  to  the  'I'aide  |  of  the  Lord. 
I  (!omp«)H'd  I  by  the  Kevereiid  Mr.  .John  Quick,  |  .Minister  of  the  Gos- 
|M-1,  in  London.  |  And  now,  in  a  Second  Impression,  ( MferM  |  luito  the 
ChiircheH  of  New  Knuland  ;  |  liy  .*>undry  .Ministers  of  th<ise  |  Churches, 
Approving  of  it,  and  |  Attesting  to  it.  |  With  a  Defence  of  thosts 
ChiirclieH,  fr<»m  |  what  is  Olfensive  to  them,  in  a  Dis-  |  <-ourse  late  Pub- 
lished, under  tlie  |  Title  of,  The  Doctrine  of  In-  |  stitiiled  ( 'liun-hes.  | 
By  certain  MiriislerM  of  the  (Jospel,  in  Boston.  ||  Boston,  Printed  by  B. 
(ireen,  ami  .1.  Allen,  |  for  Samuel  Philli|»s,  at  llie  BriiU  ^\\>>\<  near  |  the 
Old  Meeting  lIouHO.      1700.      ICmo.     pp.91'. 

TItU'piigp  wanting;  l-.'>9,  "A  Defetwe  of  Kvangelical  |  ChnrcheH,  |  in  | 
a  .Soft  AuMWer  to  what  uniy  Offend  |  the  Churehes  of  New-Kngl.ind  |  in  an 


EARLY   AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  123 

Hard  Attnniit  against  tliciii,  |  midor  the  Title  of,  The  Doctrine  |  of  Insti- 
tuted Churclios.  I  And,  |  a  Short  Account  of  tlie  Discourse  |  about,  A  Claim 
to  the  Lords  Table,  [  here  Published  and  Coinuiended,  |  as  a  Treatise  worthy 
of  Great  |  Acceptance  in  the  Churches,"  signed  "Increase  Mather"  and 
"Cotton  Mather";  1  p.  blank;  61,62,  "Advertisement";  63,  64,  "An 
Attestation,"  signed  "John  Higginson  |  William  Hubbard  |  Zechariah 
Symines  Sen.  |  Samuel  Cheever  |  Nicholas  Noyes  |  Jeremiah  Shepard  | 
Joseph  Gerrisli  [  Edward  Paison  ";  65-70,  "  The  Preface  ]  to  the  |  Baptized 
Youth  I  come  unto  Years  of  Discretion  ;  |  and  |  capable  of  Examining  them- 
selves. I  The  best  Blessings!"  by  Joliu  Quick,  running  headlines;  71-92, 
"  Tlie  I  Young  Man's  Claim  |  unto  tiie  |  Sacrament  |  of  the  |  Lord's 
Supper." 

The  titlepage  of  this  work  is  copied  from  Sabiii  (XVI.  198), 
number  67,164. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Historical  Society,  on  ]May  12,  1892 
(Proceedings,  2d  series,  VII.  414,  415),  I  stated  the  reasons 
for  supposing  that  William  Brattle  was  the  author  of  the 
Almanac  for  1664,  but  by  an  oversight  in  the  description 
of  the  pamphlet  in  the  foregoing  list  his  name  was  omitted. 
Without  much  doubt  the  Almanac  for  1680,  mentioned  imder 
that  year,  was  made  by  John  Foster,  the  pioneer  printer  of 
Boston,  though  his  name  does  not  appear  on  the  titlepage.  He 
prepared  one  for  1681,  with  a  similar  title,  mutatis  mutandis, 
which  was  printed  wath  the  same  ornamentation  and  issued 
evidently  from  the  same  press.  The  Almanac  for  1687  may 
have  been  written  by  William  Williams,  a  graduate  of  Harvard 
College  in  the  Class  of  1683,  who  also  made  one  for  1685,  on 
which  his  name  appears  as  the  author.  The  two  Almanacs 
were  printed  at  the  same  office,  and  the  general  make-up  of 
eacli  is  identical  with  that  of  the  other. 

Judge  Sewall,  in  his  Diary  (II.  263),  under  date  of  September 
17,  1709,  says,  "Mr.  Green  finishes  printing  Mr.  Whiting's 
Oration,"  which,  perhaps,  is  the  pamphlet  mentioned  under 
1649.  The  font  of  type  and  its  general  appearance  would 
seem  to  show  that  it  might  have  been  published  in  1709, 
though  Prince,  in  his  Catalogue  compiled  some  years  later, 
refers  the  date  of  printing  to  1649.  Possibly  the  tract  was 
reprinted  in  1709. 


Sr  PPLKMKNTAllY    TTPLES. 


TnK  fitllowiiig  su}»]ileinoiitavv  titles  are  ['Hiiid  in  my  own 
library ;  and  as  they  are  accessible,  1  appeiul  them  here  to  the 
list  of  those  belonging  to  the  Historical  Society. 


1657- 

A  C'npy  <»f  VtTsi'S  I  made  by  that  Rcvfrciid  Man  nf  (;<m|  Mr.  .Inlm  Wilsnn, 
Pastiir  to  tlie  |  first  Chiircli  in  lio.stini;  On  tlii>  siultlcii  Dcatli  (if  |  M"' 
Jitseph  Hrisco,  |  who  wa.s  tran.^ilatt'il  from  Eartli  to  Ili-avi'ii  elan.  1. 
1()57.      liroad.sidc.      Folio. 

Surrounded  by  a  wide  border  lim-;   lictwccii  tin-  litadini,'  and  tlic  versc.x, 
the  following  lines,  relating  to   liis   dralh    by  drowniiii:,  and   an   anagram 

apiH-ar  :  — 

Not  hi/  n  Fieri/  Chariot  as  Elisha  was, 
lint  hij  the  Water,  which  was  the  outward  ctnoir: 
And  now  at  Itest  with  Christ  his  ,Savioiir  dmr, 
ThniKjIi  he  hath  hfl  his  dear  Jielations  here 

Jiisrjih  liriseoe    i 

,    ,       .      ,  /  .AnaLTraiii. 

.Jul)  CI'H'S   nc>lll'."*.   ^ 

Perhaps  this  sheet  wa.s  printiil  lat<r  llian  ICi.'.T. 


1673- 

Vhefvl  In.HtrnrtionH  |  for  a  profissinj,'  I'cojde  in  Times  of  j^nal  |  Security 
and  De^enerary  :  |  Delivered  in  Heveral  |  Sermons  |  on  Solemn  Oeeu- 
hioiiH :  I  —  I  By  Mr.  Sumiud  Wilhird  I*a.'<tor  of  the  Chureh  <»f  CliriHt  | 
at  (iroton  |  —  |  [Threi*  lines  from  Kzelt.  iii.  17;  oni'  line  from  Amos 
iii.  M;  throe  lines  from  .ler.  ii.  .'Jl  ;  one  line  from  llaggui  i.  ■'»,  ".]  |  —  || 
Ciiinbrid^e:  |  I'riiited  by  Samuel  (Ireeii.  |  lii7.'l.  Himo.  jip.  (1))  *'^'' 
Tilh'pagi-,  vrrnii  blank;   1  p   "Christian  Header,"  nigned  "  Vrian  OaUes" 

nnd  " 'rii'.iiiaH  Shepard  "  ;    1  p.  "I"  ''i-  U«|..v..l    |M.  iid-  the  Inhaliitaiits  <»f 


if^p2.^  0^<^e^i/yj^S— 


for  aprofefjing  T^eopk  in  Time  s  of  great 

.    SECURITY     AND    DEGENERA  GY: 
Delivered  iti  feveral 

SERMONS 

on  Solcma  Occafions : 

uncork        /  ^,^  ^^^^^  _  ^^^^         J 

By  Mr.  Scm^el  (vizard  Paftorof  the  Church  of  Chrif! 
at  GirotoH, 


Ezck.B.i/.  Sva  ofM^fty  1  hcivemade  thee  aWatchmm  to  the 
Houffoflfrad:  tbtrefore  hear  the  Word  at  my  motith^  and  give  thsm 
Wftrning  from  me. 

Amos  J.8.  The  Lord  Cod  hathf^okert,  vpho  can  hut  Pro^hef^f 

Jer.2. 51^  O  Generation,  See  ye  the  Word  »/  tke  Lord:  have 
Ihen  a  wildernefs'unto  Ifrael}  a  Land  of  Jarke»efs>  vshsrefou  fay 
■my  FeopkjVpe  are  Lord/^wervlll  come  nj  more  unto  thee. 

Hag^ai.  1.5,7.  Thus  [aitb  ths  Lord,  Confider  yo^r  rvayes. 


CAM'B'KIDqS: 

Trinted  hy  Samuel  Green, 


To  his'Bdoved  Friends  thelnhabitantsof 

q'B^r  0  3^ 

\  Hat  it  war  not  a  dejire  to  appear  in  public k^  but  to  ait- 
fwtr  your  requeJlSy^ave  U^bt  to  the  enfahig  Sermons^ 

'  yt  Are  my  rvitnejfesy  ttnd  that  in  the  fublijhmg  uf 
themy  I  have  not  endeavoured  to  vamijh  and  paint 
them-over  mthflaurijbct  of  mmpleajing.  words ;  the 
ihingitfelfmayfpeal^i  in  the  reading  JIM  (hall  fncU 
ttothinp  hut  xfhat  vpas  delivtred  m  Prcuching,  "Touchm;^  the  occafion  of 
thsm  fneed  not  advertife you^  you  majf  well  enough  call  to  minde  the  loud 
roicc  of  fpr/i^iw^  providences,  which  forbad  ms  iu  fuch  a  d:iy  to  he  fiient : 
^kcfad  handey  God  whic'j  was  upon  tiispnor.pojfcjpd  Cre^iture,  which 
f  reduced  that  onl(^'i.l6.9.  hath  faundedthrough  this  Wilderncff^butyou 
xvere  eyt  ycitmjfei  of  it ;  the  Lord  affeUyour  hearts^dn.i  give  you  to  karn 
right eoujhifs.  The othertwo  were alfo  upOftfoiewn  OccafimSithe^  hand 
cf  Cod  upon  this  L^nd^andus  in  particular  ^  bids  MintjUrs  to  cry  a- 
loud\  the  Lord^Cod  bath fpolien^  who  can  h:it  Frophcjie?  fklWv  mmu 
Eorruption  is  not  willing  to  bcclof-ly  dealt  withA!^  but  I  hope  r/i.iny  of  yo» 
havt  not  (b  learned  Chrifl.  My  hearts  dcfire  and  prayer  for  jou  is,  that 
you  may  be  prepared  for  Hiaking  times,  and  the  nearer  they  approach 
tiicmorcnccdhavcwetobcha(tencdand  rou'cd  from  our  loyccring. 
Ifthcfep'.or  labours  ofmine^may  help  in  that  great  bufmefs^  I' have  my 
ends  fully  anfwercd ;  and  my  dcfire  for  you  iSy  that  thofc  atFc(ftions  may 
be  blown  up  .".gain  in  the  reading  which  were  kindled  in  the  preaching; 
I'rnowlhavebut awhile tobc among you^if  God  pleafe  lo  maht  m:  by 
lySfff ,  or  any  other  wcalicudcavourt^  to  be  under  him  iiiji/  wncntal  of  your 
eternal  good^  I[}).illdyc  wiih  ioy  ;  and  lb  meet  yo»i  all  at  the  right  hand 
ef  our  ju J^c  in  that  great  day,  i^  the  highcll  ambition  of 


Tour  unworthy  (jMinijlcr 


A  X 


5.  \Y. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  127 

I  (Initdii,"  sinned  "  8.  W.,''  houilpiocc  a  lino  of  ucoru-shiipt'd  hordor  pieces; 
1-1!*,  "Jer.  7.  12.  |  ]?ut  go  ye  now  unto  my  Place  wliicli  is  in  Shiloh,  &c," 
and  te.Kt;  1  p.  blank;  21-43,  ''Isaiali.  26.  'J.  \  When  thy  Jiulgements  are  in 
the  Earth,  the  |  Inhahitants  of  the  World  will  loam  |  Righteousness,"  and 
text,  headpiece,  a  lino  of  acorn-sliapod  border  pieces,  and  u  similar  lino  in- 
verted; 44-80,  **  Isaiali  21.  11,  12,"  in  live  lines,  and  text. 

Mr.  L()V(3  in  his  "Fast  and  Tlianksgiving  Days"  (p.  510)  says 
that  the  first  of  these  sermons  was  delivered  on  June  16,  1670, 
and  the  third,  June  13,  1672.  The  second  was  preached  prob- 
ably during  the  winter  of  1671-2,  and  was  occasioned  by  a  case 
of  witchcraft  at  Groton.  See  Collections  (4th  series,  VIII.  555- 
570)  for  a  letter  written  by  Mr.  Willard  to  Cotton  Mather,  de- 
scribing the  case  in  detail.  See  also  Green's  "  Groton  in  the 
Witchcraft  Times"  (pp.  7-21).  Mr.  Brinley  had  a  copy  of  Wil- 
lard's  book,  which  I  have  been  told  was  bought  by  the  Library 
of  Congress  ;  and  there  is  an  imperfect  one  in  the  library  of  Har- 
vard College.  Across  the  titlepage  of  my  copy  is  written  the 
following  in  Hunting's  hand :  "  Nath'^  Huntting  E  dono  amici 
Jos.  Green  |  14  April.  1695."  At  the  date  of  this  writing  Green 
was  a  senior  at  Harvard  College;  and  Hunting,  who  had  gradu- 
ated two  years  previously,  was  afterward  married  to  Green's 
sister  Mary.  Joseph  Green  was  a  son  of  John  and  Kuth  (Mitch- 
elson)  Green,  and  born  at  Cambridge,  on  November  24,  1675. 
He  died  on  November  26,  1715,  at  Salem  Village  (now  Dan- 
vers),  where  he  had  been  the  settled  minister  for  seventeen 
years.     He  was  my  great-great-great-grandfather. 

A  fac-simile  of  the  titlepage  and  preface  is  here  given. 


1698. 

The  I  Tryal  |  of  |  Assnrance,  |  sot  fortii  in  a  |  Sermon  ;  ]  Preached  at  Boston 
upon  a  Lecture  day.  |  .July  7th.  IGDS.  |  —  |  By  Solomon  Stoddard,  Pas- 
tor of  the  Church  |  in  Northampton.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  from  2  Pet.  i.  10.] 
I  —  II  Boston  in  New-England,  |  Printed  by  B.  Green,  and  J.  Allen. 
Sold  by  I  xMichael  Perry,  under  the  Excliange.    [1G98.]     16nu).    pil!Ji20. 

Titlepage,  closely  cut  at  the  bottom  by  the  l)inder,  verxo  blank  ;    1-20, 
'■The  Tryal   of  |  Assurance";    last  loaf  blank. 

Near    the    top    of    the    titlepage    are    the    words,   "  Samuel 
Checkley     1G9[8]." 


128  KAIM.V    AMi:i:i('AN     IMI'IMNTS. 


1699. 

A  .Meet  Hi-lp.  |  —  |  Or,  |  a  Woililiug  |  .St-rinoii,  |  Pri-aclieil  at  New-Castli'  in 
New-Eiitjlaml,  |  Juno  lOtli.  1G94.  |  At  tliu  Marriage  <if  |  Mr.  JkIiu  Clark, 
I  ami  I  Mi-s.  Elizabeth  Woodbridge.  |  —  |  By  Mr.  John  Cotton,  Pastor 
of  till'  I  Church  at  Hampton.  |  —  |  [Three  lines  from  Ilel).  xiii.  4;  three 
lines  from  Hosea  iii.  3 ;  one  line  from  Cant.  ii.  l(i.]  |  —  ||  liostoii,  Printed 
by  B.  Green,  and  J.  Allen.  Sold  |  by  Michael  Perry,  at  his  Shop  over 
against  the  |  Town  house.      1(J90.     16mo.     j)p.  21. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  border  line,  verso  blank  ;   ;5-."),  "  To  the  Can- 
did I  Reader,"  .signed  "  Per  Auditoreui  ";  1  p.  blank;  7-21,  "  A  Meet  Help. 
I  Or,  A  Wedding  |  Scrnmn,"  headpiece  two  lines  of  border  pieces;   running 
headlines. 

Near  the   top   of   the   titlepage   appears,    "  Sanuicl   Chcckley. 
1699." 


The  I  Surest  Way  to  the  Greatest  |  Honour:  |  Discoursed  in  a  Sermon,  | 
delivered  |  in  the  Audience  of  His  Excellency  the  |  Earl  of  Hellnuiont, 
Captain  ]  General  and  Governour  in  Chief,  |  and  of  the  Council,  and 
Rejtro-  I  sentatives  (»f  the  General  Ai^sembly  |  of  the  Province  of  the 
Mas.saphu.setts  |  Bay,  convened  at  Boston  in  New-  |  England,  May  31st. 
1699.  Being  |  the  day  for  the  Election  of  |  Coun.sellors  in  tliat  Prov- 
ince. I  —  I  By  Increase  Mather.  |  —  ||  Bo.ston.  |  Printed  by  Barthcd- 
omcw  Green,  &  J(din  Allen,  |  for  Samuel  Philli])s,  and  are  to  be  s(dd 
at  I  the  Brick  Shop  near  the  Old.  |  Meeting-Hou.se.  1699.  ICmu. 
pp.  (8),  3-42. 

Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  liorder  lino,  verso,  '*  I'lililislicil  by  the  Ap- 
point- I  ment  of  His  Excellency,  &  |  of  the  Honorable  Council,  |  and  Kep- 
resenUitives,  of  His  |  Maje.stios  Province?  of  the  |  Massachusetts- Bay  in 
Now-  I  England,"  between  two  lines  of  border  pieces;  6  pp.  "The  Epistle 
Dedicatory.  |  —  |  To  His  Exc(dlency,  |  Kichanl,  Earl  of  |  Bellomont,  |  Cap- 
tain G«!neral  and  Governour  in  |  CMiief  of  the  Provinces  »»f  tin-  Massa-  | 
chusetts-Bay  in  Xew-Enuland,  |  and  of  New-York,  &c.,"  signed  "  Incroa.se 
Mather,"  and  dated  at  "  Bo.ston,  Juno  7:  |  1699";  (.no  loaf  blank;  3-42, 
"The  Surest  Way  to  tlie  |  Greatest  Honour  ";  list  of"  Errata."  two  lines; 
running  headlinoH. 

Near  the  top  of  thi;  titlepa;;e  is  (he  ;iut<ii,'r:iph  .sioniiturc. 
"Sftmuel  Checkley:  99." 

The  throe  proec^din;^  titles  an*  takin  ii'Uii  .1  \<i|inin'  of  hoimd 
pamplilfjt.s,  which  onre  licloii^t'd  to  Saiiiiicl  (hocklcy,  htit  for 
flovcral  gcneratioii.H  ha.s  hcvu  in  tlu;  po.sse.ssiou  of  my  family. 
It  i.s  hound  uniformly  with  another  volume  of  earlier  tracts  in 
the  Ili.storicnl  Library,  containing'  varioii.s  titles  already  men- 
tioned in  thi.s  list, and  which  also  once  hcdon^'i   I  1  >  Mr  ('h<'cl<ley. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  129 


1700. 

All  Hpistlc  I  To  tlic  riiristiaii  |  luiliaus,  |  Giving  them  |  A  Short  Accouut,  of 
wliat  tlic  I  English  |  Drsiro  thorn  to  Know  and  to  Do,  |  In  onlor  to  their 
Happiness.  |  —  |  Written  by  an  English  Minister  [Cotton  Mather],  at 
the  I  Desire  of  an  English  Magistrate,  |  who  sends  nnto  them  this  | 
Token  of  Love.  |  —  ||  Boston  |  Printed  by  Bartholomew  Green  and 
John  Allen  I  1700.      Ifimo.     pp.  4-11,  donble. 

One  leaf,  ir^.so  Indian  tith;,  wanting;  one  leaf,  English  title,  and  verso, 
page  1,  wanting  ;  three  leaves  wanting;  4-11,  English  on  the  recfo,  awd 
Indian  on  the  ocrso  ;    11-14,  seven  pages  double,  wanting. 

The  title  of  this  tract  is  taken  from  Mr.  Sibley's  Harvard 
Graduates  (III.  74). 


LIST    OF    TITLES. 


Foil  general  convenience  and  ready  reference,  the  following  List 
of  shortened  Titles,  with  the  name  of  Authors  and  the 
year  of  Publication,  is  here  given  :  — 

Adams,  William.     God's  Eye  on  the  Contrite 1G85 

The  Necessity  of  the  jDouring  out,  etc 1679 

Albany.     Propositions  made  by  the  Sachems,  etc 1090 

Allen,  James.     New-England's  choicest  Blessing 1079 

Serious  Advice  to  delivered  Ones  from  Sickness 1079 

Allin,  John.      Animadversions  upon  the  Antisynodalia        ....     IGOi 
Almanac.     By  H.  B ". 1092 

By  William  Brattle 1082,  1094 

By  John  Dan  forth 1679 

The  New  England  Almanac,  by  Samuel  Danforth    ....      1686 

By  John  Foster      ....." 1080,1681 

The  Boston  Ephomoris,  by  Benjamin  Gillam 1684 

The  Bo.ston  E[>hemeris,  by  Cotton  ]\Iather 1683 

The  Boston  Ephemeris,  by  Nathaniel  JNIather       .     .     .     lGS."i,  1086 

Harvard's  Ephemeris,  by  Henry  Newman 1090 

By  Henry  Newman 1091 

Cambridge  Ephemeris,  by  Noadiah  Russell 1084 

By  John  Sherman 1074 

By  John  Tulley 1087-90.  109;].  109.3-1700 

Cambridge  Ephemeris,  by  William  \\'iirKinis       .     .      .      108.5,  1(J87 

Andros,  Edmund.     Letter  requesting  his  surrender,  .\pril  18       .      .      1089 

A  Narrative  of  the  Proceedings  of 1(591 

Proclamation,  January  10 1088 

Answer  to  George  Keith's  Libel 1094 

Arnold,  Sanuiel.     David  serving  his  Generation 1074 

B.,  A.     Seasonable  Motives.     To  our  Duty  and  Allegiance     .     .     .  1689 

B.,  H.     An  Almanac 1092 

Bailey,  John.     Man's  chief  End  to  Glorifie  God 1689 

To  my  Loving  .   .   .  Friends,  in  and  about  Limerick    .     .     .  1689 

Baxter,  Richard.     Call  of  the  Unconverted,  in  Indian 1688 


IS-  EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS. 

Helclier,  Joseph.     Tlie  Worst  Kiieiiiy  Comiuereil 160S 

Hfllomont.     His  Excellency,  the  E;ul  of  Relloinout's  Speech  ITdU 
Bible.     New  Testament  in  Iiulian,  by  John  Kliot      ....      1001,1080 

Old  Testament  in  Indian,  by  John  Eliot lOOo,  ItiSu 

liond,  Samson.     A  Publick  Tryal  of  the  Qnakeis 108'J 

Hoston.     Letter  requesting  the  .surrender  nf  Aiidms 1GS9 

Hradstreet,  Mrs.  Anne.     Several  Poems 1G78 

Hrattle.  William.     Almanacs 10S2,  1094 

Brez,  Guy  de.     The  Rise  .   .   .  of  the  Anabaptists 1008 

Burnet,  Gilbert.     A  Sermon  .   .   .  before  the  House  of  Commons    .  1089 

Cambridge  Platform.     A  Platform  of  Church-Discipline    ....  1071 

Catechism.     The  Doctrine  of  Godliness,  by  John  Xorton    ....  1000 

The  Shorter  Catechism 1098 

Chauncy,  Charles.     Anti-Synodalia  Scripta  Americana       ....  1002 

Confes.sion  of  Faith,  in  Indian  and  English.     By  (jrindal  Kaw.son   .  17tiO 

Connecticut.     The  Book  of  the  General  Laws 107;J 

Their  Majesties  Colony  .   .   .   Vindicated 10!)4 

Corbet,  John.     Self-Employment  in  Secret 1084 

Cotton,  John.     .\  Discourse  about  Civil  Goverunieiit 1063 

God's  Promise  to  his  Plantations        .      .  l(j8G 

A  Meet  Hel[).     Or,  a  Wedding  Sermon 1099 

Danforth,  John.     An  Almanac 1079 

Kneeling  to  (Jod,  at  Parting  with  Friends I(i!i7 

Danforth,  Samuel.     An  Almanac 1080 

An  AstrcMiomical  Description  of  the  late  Conitt  1005 

A  brief  Kecognition  of  New-England's  Errauil  1071 

Declaration  of  the  Nobility,  etc.   .   .   .   at  Noltingliiim  1089 

Delamer.      The  Lord  Dei[          ]r's  Speech KISS 

Deni.Hon,  Daniel.      Irenicon,  or  a  Salve  for  .New-England's  Sore  .     .  10S4 

Earthquake,  Naples;  Septendx-r  Jj ,  \i','J\ 10!).') 

Election  Sermons.      Artillery     .  .      1071,  1(J78,  lOvJ,  10^7,  109S-17oo 

Connecticut 1074,  1097 

Mas.saciiu8etts    .     .        100;J,  KiOl,  1(570,  1071,  107;t,  107 1,  1070,  1079, 

10S;j_S.'j.  109O,  l(i!)|,  l(i!l.".,  1098,  1700 

Plymouth Itiii'.i.  1070,  1074 

Eliot,  John.     Baxter's  Call  to  the  L'nconverted.  in  liiclian                  .  lOsb 

The  Harmony  of  the  (lospels 1()7S 

Indian  Primer ...  I(is4 

.New  TcHtamcnt.  in  Indian lOOl,  1080 

Old  Ti-.stameiit,  in  Indian     .      .                                                   lOii.'S,  108.') 

KulcH  for  Holy  Living,  in  ln<lian                                         ...  iOO:t 

IValiuH  of  David,  in  Indian lOO:},  lOsl) 

Expedition  agttin.Ht  Can.id.i.     Onh-rs  fur  inlisiinir  im  n        ....  1090 

Fa.it  Proclani:ilion4                                                                               .      lo;-^,  looo 

Fa«t  Serinoi.                                                               107>,  10711,  iO^J.  10^1,  1091 


EARLY   AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  133 

Fisk,  John.     The  Watering  of  the  Olive  Plant.     (See  page  G.)    .     .  1657 

Fitch,  James.     A  Brief  Discour.se,  etc 16S3 

An  Explanation  of  the  Solemn  Advice 1083 

An  Holy  Connexion,  or  a  true  Agreement 1674 

Foster,  John.      An  Almanac 1680,  1681 

Gillam,  Benjamin.     An  Almanac 1684 

Gospel  Order  Revived,  being  an  Answer  to  a  Book 1700 

Green,  Bartholomew.     The  Printers  Advertisement 1700 

Harvard  College.     Oration,  July  31,  1G49,  by  Samuel  Whiting    .     .  1649 

Theses 1643,  1647,  1G70,  1678 

Iligginson,  John.     The  Cause  of  God  ...  in  New-England  .     .     .  1663 

Hoar,  Leonard.     The  Sting  of  Death  and  Death  Unstung  ....  1680 

Hubbard,  William.     The  Benefit  of  a  Well-Ordered  Conversation    .  1684 

The  Happiness  of  a  People 1676 

A  Narrative  of  the  Troubles  with  the  Indians 1677 

J.,  W.     A  Remembrance  of  Former  Times 1697 

Jefferies,  George.     To  His  Highness  .   .   .  Prince  of  Orange  .     .     .  1689 

Joy,  George.     Innocency's  Complaint,  etc 1677 

Judgment  of  Several  Eminent  Divines 1693 

Keith,  George.     The  Presbyterian  and  Independent  .   .   .   Churches  1689 

Lawson,  Deodat.     A  Brief  and  True  Narrative  of  .   .  .   Witchcraft  1692 

Christ's  Fidelity  the  only  Shield 1693 

The  Duty  &  Property  of  a  Religious  Householder     ....  1693 

Lee,  Samuel.     Contemplations  on  Mortality 1698 

The  Joy  of  Faith 1687 

Lodowick,  Christianus.     A  Letter  from 1692 

London  Gazette.     February  9,  1681,  No.  2006 IGSo 

Marriage.     Proclamation  for  the  Orderly  Solemnization  of     .     .     .  1686 

i\Iassachusetts.     Acts  and  Laws 1692-1700 

The  Book  of  the  General  Lawes  and  Libertyes 1660 

The  General  Laws  and  Liberties 1672 

Several  Laws  and  Orders 1663,  1664,  1672-74,  1677 

Sundry  Laws  .   .  .  Duty  of  Tythingmen 1677 

A  Copy  of  the  King's  Majesties  Charter,  1628 1689 

Order  requiring  the  Oath  of  Allegiance 1678 

To  the  Elders  and  Ministers  of  every  Town 1668 

Massachusetts  or  the  first  Planters  of  New-England 1696 

ISlather,  Cotton.     Addresses  to  Old  Men,  and  Young  Men,  etc.    .     .  1690 

An  Almanac 1683 

A  Companion  for  Communicants 1690 

Durable  Riches.     Two  Brief  Discourses 1695 

Pearly  Religion.  Urged  in  a  Sermon 1G91 

Ecclesiastes.     The  ].,ife  of  .  .   .  Jonathan  Mitchcl  ....  1697 

17 


134  EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS. 

Mather,  Cotton.     An  Epistle  to  the  Christian  Indians 

The  Faith  of  tlie  Fathers 

A  Good  Master  well  served 

Help  for  Distressed  Parents 

Johannes  in  P^renio.     Memoirs .     . 

Little  Flocks  Guarded  against  Grievous  Wolves 

Memorable  Providences  relating  to  \\'itclicrafts 

Memoria  Wilsonia 

Military  Duties  recommended . 

Ohservanda.  etc 

Optanda.     Good  Men  Described 

A  Pillar  of  Gratitude 

IMscator  PZvangelieus  .   .   .   Life  of  Mr.  Thomas  Hooker     . 

The  Present  State  of  New-England 

A  .Scriptural  Catechism 

The  Serviceable  Man.     A  Discourse 

.Souldiers  Counselled  and  Comforted 

'J'hirty  Important  Ca.ses,  Ke.solved 

Tln'  Triumphs  of  the  Iteformed  Religion 

.V  Warning  to  the  Flocks  again.st  Wolves 

Warnings  from  the  Dead 

The  Way  to  E.Kcel.     Meditations 

The  \\'ay  to  Prosperity.     A  Sermon 

The  Wonderful  Works  of  (iod  Connneinoratrd 

Tlie  Wonders  of  the  Invisible  World 

Mather,  Eleazer.     A  .Serious  Exhortation 

Mather,  Increase.     An  Arrow  against  Profane  .  .  .  Dancing 

A  Brief  Discourse  .  .   .  [on]  Common  Prayer,  etc 

A  Hrief  Ili.story  of  the  Warr  wiih  the  Iiulians 

- — —  A  Call  from  Heaven ... 

A  Di.scour.se  Concerning   .   .   .   Aposta.'^y  KiT!'. 

A  Di.xcour.se  Concerning  .   .   .   Ha|itism' 

'I'he  Divine  Right  nf  Infant-Haptismo 

The  Doctrine  i)f  Divine  Provideiur                                .... 
.An  EariK'st  E.\horlation,  etc.    .      .  

An  Essay  for  the  Recording  of  Illuslrion.s  I'rovidcme.s 

The  First  Principles  of  NewEnglantl     .... 

The  (ireat  IMe.ssinp,  «)f  Primitive-  Coun.selloms 

lleavn's  .Marrn  to  the  World 

.\n  Historical  Discourse  concerning  .   .   .   Prayer      .... 

KOMH KH'I'.X'M.X.   .   .   Concerning  Conifts  . 

I  1m'  LalliT  .Sign  Dis(!our,sfd  of      .... 

Ihe  Life  and  Death  of  .   .   .    .Mr.  Mid. .ml  .M.nli.i      ,      .      ,      . 

The  MvMtery  r,f  Christ 

.\  Narrative  of  the  Mi.series  of  New-England 

The  Order  of  the  (ioHpel,  Profi'.Hsed 

I'ray  for  the  Rining  (feneration  .  lUT!), 

A  Knlation  of  the  TroublcH,  cli- 

Remember  now  thy  Creator 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS.  185 

Mather,  Increase.     Returning  unto  God,  etc 1680 

A  Sermon  .  .   .   When  two  men  were  Executed 1685 

A  Sermon  ...  on  a  Publick  Fast 1682 

The  Surest  Way  to  the  Greatest  Honour 1099 

The  Times  of  men  are  in  the  hand  of  God 1675 

To  His  Excellency  .  .   .   Ik'llomont 1099 

Wo  to  Drunkards.     Two  Sermons 1673 

Mather,  Nathaniel.     Almanacs 1085,  1686 

A  Sermon  .   .   .  on  .  .  .  the  Constant  Exercise  of  Grace  .     .  1684 

Mather,  Richard.     The  Summe  of  Certain  Sermons 1652 

Mather,  Samuel.     A  Testimony  .  .  .  against  Idolatr3%  etc.     .     .     .  1070 

Maule,  Thomas.     New  England  Persecutors  Mauld 1697 

Mayhew,  Matthew.     A  Brief  Narrative  of  the  Success,  etc.      .     .     .  1694 

Mitchel,  Jonathan.     Xehemiah  on  the  Wall 1671 

jNIohawk  Indians,  A  Relation  .   .   .  concerning  the 1689 

Moody,  Joshua.     A  Practical  Discourse  .   .  .  [on]  Communion  .     .  1685 

Narragansett  Country.     Advertisement 1686 

A  Declaration,  etc.,  by  tlohn  Winthrop 1645 

Notice  of  Meeting,  dated  June  8 1686 

Proclamations  relating  to  the 1683,  1680 

Newman,  Henry.     Almanacs 1090,  1691 

New  York.     Votes  of  the  House  of  Representatives 1698 

Nicolls,  R.     The  Conditions  of  New  Planters        1665 

Norton,  John.     A  Copy  of  the  Letter  ...  to  ]\Ir.  John  Dury     .     .  1664 

The  Doctrine  of  Godliness 1660 

The  Heart  of  N-England  rent 1659 

The  Life  and  Death  of  .  .   .  Mr.  John  Cotton 1657 

Three  Choice  and  Profitable  Sermons 1664 

Nowell,  Samuel.     Abraham  in  Arms 1678 

Noyes,  Nicholas.     New-England's  Duty  and  Interest 1698 

Oakes,  Urian.     An  Elegie  upon  .  .  .  Mr.  Thomas  Shepard     .     .     .  1677 

•     New-England  Pleaded  with 1673 

• The  Sovereign  Efficacy  of  Divine  Providence 1682 

The  Unconquerable,  all-conquering 1674 

Orange,  Prince  of.     Letter  to  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal      .  1689 

Order  .  .  .  confirming  several  Acts  and  Laws  of  the  Province    .     .  1699 

Oxenbridge,  John.     New-England  Freemen  Warned 1673 

Pain,  Philip.     Daily  Meditations 1070 

Palmer,  John.     The  Present  State  of  New-England 1689 

Patridge,  John.     Monthly  Observations  and  Predictions     ....  1092 

Plain  Ca.se  Stated  .   .   .   Address  to  the  Prince  of  Orange    ....  1688 

Plantation  Trade.      An  Act  for  preventing  Frauds 1096 

Plymouth  Colony.   An  Address  Presented  to  the  King,  August  7, 1689  1690 

The  Book  of  the  General  Laws 1672,  1685 


18G 


EARLY    AMEKICAN    IMPRINTS. 


Principles  of  the  Protestant  Religion  Maintained 1G90 

Proclamation,  Fast 107S,  1G90 

Tiiaiiksgiving 1G76,  1U92 

Narragansett  C'ouiiu y 1683 

Miscellaneous    .     .' 1086,  1G8S,  1G90-92,  1099 

Propositions  concerning  the  subject  of  Baptism 10G2 

Psalms  of  David,  in  Indian,  by  John  Eliot lOOIJ,  1080 

Psalms  Hymns  and  .Spiritual  .Songs 1G95,  1098 

Publick  Occurrencos  ""a  newspaper].     Order  to  suppress      ....     1G90 


Quakers,  A  lirief  Narration  of  the  sufferings  of  the 1700 

A  Dialogue  between  a  Young  Professor  and  a  (Quaker  .      .      .      1090 

Quick,  John.      The  Young  Mans  claim  unto  the  .Sacrament    .      .      .      1700 


Raw.son,  Grindal.     Confession  of  Faith,  in  Indian  and  En;:lish   .     .  1700 

Reasons  for  the  Inditcment  of  the  Duke  of  York 1080 

Relation  of  Ca]>tain  Hull,  concerning  the  Mohawks lOSQ 

Russell,  Noadiah.     An  Almanac 1081 


Salem  Church.     A  Direction  for  a  Publick  Profession    . 
Saltonstall,  (iurdon.      A  Sermon  Preached   ...   at    Ilartfor 

May  13 

Sea,souable  Motives.     To  our  Duty  and  Allegiance    . 
Scottow,  Joshua.     A  Narrative  of  the  Planting,  etc. 

The  Ri.se  ...  of  the  Anabaptists 

Servant,  Advertisement  of  a  run-away,  Matthew  .Ion<'s 
Sewall.  .Samuid.     The  .Selling  of  Joseph.      A  Memorial 

L'lxju  Mr,  Samuel  Willard 

Verses 

Shepard,  Thoma.s.     Tiie  Church-Membership  of  Ciiildren 

Kye-.Salve,  or  a  Watch-Word 

Two  Questions,  etc 

Sherman,  Jolni.     An  Almanac 

Some  Miscellany  ()bservali(ms  on   .   .   .    A\  ilclicratt    . 
Stoildard,  .Solomon.     The  Tryal  of  A.ssurance  .... 
Stoughton,  William.      New-Knglancl'.s  True  Interest 
Sunday,  Proclamation  concerning  the  observance  of  . 
SyncKl,  Boston,  1002.      Animadveisions,  by  John  .Vllin  . 

AntiSynoiIalia.  by  Charles  ("liauncy       .... 

A  Defence  of  the  Answer 

Proposiliftn  coiKierning  the  .Subject  of  r.;ipti-ni 


lG(i5 

1097 
1089 
109-4 
1008 
lOSl 
1700 
1700 
1700 
1 003 
1073 
1097 
1074 
1092 
1098 
1070 
1(599 
H5G1 
1002 
1001 
1002 


Thachcr.  Tliomaa.     A  Brief  Rule  ...  in  the  Sm.Ul  Pocks,  or  Mcasel.s     1077 

A  Fast  «)f  (lod'H  chiming,  plainlv  o|i(ii.cI 1078 

Thankngiving  ProolamaliutiH  l''>70,  1092 

TliankNgiving  Sermon 10!MJ 

'i'oiiipHon,  Kdward.    An  KIcgiack  Tribute  \<<  .  .  .  Mr.  Se.il)oin  Cotton     1080 


EARLY   AMEllICAN    IMPRINTS.  137 

Torrey,  Samuel.     An  Exhortation  unto  Reformation 1674 

Man's  Extremity,  Gods  Opportunity 1695 

A  Plea  for  the  Life  of  Dyinjr  Religion 1683 

Tully,  John.     Almanacs 1687-90,  1693,  1695-1700 

Vindication  of  the  Divine  Authority  of  Ruling  Elders 1700 

Wadsworth,  Benjamin.     Good  Souldiers  a  Great  Blessing       .     .     .  1700 

Walley,  Thomas.     Balm  in  Gilead  to  heal  Sions  Wounds  .     .     1669,  1670 

Watch  for  a  \Mse  Man's  Observation 1699 

Whiting,  Samuel.     Oratio,  etc.,  Cambridge,  July  31 1649 

Wigglesworth,  Michael.     The  Day  of  Doom 1666 

Willard,  Sanuiel.     The  Barren  Fig  Trees  Doom 1691 

The  Character  of  a  Good  Ruler 1694 

The  Doctrine  of  the  Covenant  of  Redemption 1693 

The  Duty  of  a  People,  etc 1680 

The  Fountain  Opened 1700 

The  Fiery  Trial  no  strange  thing 1682 

The  High  Esteem  .   .  .  Death  of  .  .   .  John  Hull   ....  1683 

Love's  Pedigree.     Or  a  Discourse 1700 

The  ]\Ian  of  War.     A  Sermon  .   .   .  June  5 1699 

^lorality  not  to  be  Relied  on  for  Life 1700 

The  Mourner's  Cordial 1691 

Ne  Sutor  ultra  Crepidam 1681 

Tlie  oidy  way  to  prevent  threatned  Calamity 1684 

The  Peril  of  the  Times  Displayed 1700 

Promise- Keeping.     A  Great  Duty 1691 

Reformation  tlie  Great  Duty 1694 

A  Sermon  preached  upon  .  .  .  John  Leveret 1679 

The  Sinfulness  of  Worshipping  God 1691 

The  Truly  Blessed  Man 1700 

Useful  Instructions  for  a  professing  People 1673 

W^illiams,  AVilliam.     Almanacs 1685,  1687 

Wilson,  John.     Verses  on  the  Death  of  Joseph  Brisco 1657 

A  Seasonable  Watch-Word  unto  Christians 1677 

Winthrop,  John.     A  Declaration  of  Former  Passages 1645 


A  SUPPLHMKNTAUY    1. 1ST 


OF 


EARLY  AMERICAN    IMPRINTS 


HELONGING   TO   THE   LIBRARY 


OP    THE 


jmais^acljujsett^  f  i^torical  ^octct^ 


WITH    THE    DATES    OF 


TWO  EARLY  COMMENCEMENTS  AT  CAMBRIDGE. 


BY 

SAMUEL    A.   GREEN. 


CAMBRIDGE: 

JOHN     WILSON     AND     SON. 

Siniijcrsttg  ^rrss. 

1898. 


EAKLY    AMEIllCAN    IMPRINTS. 


At  a  meetiiio;  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society,  held  in  Boston  on  Thursday,  June  0,  1898, 
Dr.  Samuel  A.  Green  made  the  followinii;  remarks : 

More  than  three  years  ago  I  presented  a  hst  of  Early 
American  Imprints  belonging  to  the  Historical  Society,  which 
appears  in  the  Proceedings  (second  series,  IX.  410-540)  for 
Febrinuy,  1895.  Since  that  time  the  l^ibrary  has  acquired, 
either  by  gift  or  purchase,  some  additional  titles  of  similar 
works  ;  and  since  then,  moreover,  I  have  been  able  to  examine 
certain  books  there  described  from  imperfect  copies.  In  order 
to  supplement  that  paper  and  make  the  list  of  Early  Imprints 
more  complete,  I  herewith  submit  a  collation  of  such  books  ; 
and  at  the  same  time  I  take  the  opportunity  to  give  a  few 
other  facts  kindred  to  the  subject. 

The  title  under  this  year  in  tlie  former  list  should  be  can- 
celled, as  the  imperfect  copy  in  the  Historical  Library  is  now 
known  to  be  of  the  London  edition. 

i66o. 

A  Brief  |  C'atechisme  |  Containing  |  tlie  Doctrine  |  oi'  Godliues,  |  or  | 
of    Living  vnto    God.  |  —  (  By   John    Norton,  |  Teacher  of  the 
Church  at  |  Boston  in   New-England.  |  —  |[   Canibridg  |  Printed 
by  S.  G.  and  M.  J.  |  New-Enghmd.  |  1660.      16nio.  pp.  3-22. 
'ritle[)age  wanting  ;    3-22,  "  The   Doctrine  of  Godliness."  headline  a 

line  of  ten  border  pieces,  and  an  ornamented  initial  letter  *'  W  "  at  the 

beginninjT. 


I  am  iiidt'ltti'il  to  Mi.  Wilberforce  Eames  for  the  complete 
litk'.  wliicli  is  taken  troiii  a  cojty  in  the  Lenox  I.ilnary. 

1 662 . 

Propositions  |  concerniiii;  the  |  Siiltject  of  I^aptisni  j  mikI  |  Coiisoeiatioii 
of  Clivrches,  |  Collec'ttd  and  C"i)iifirrned  out  of  the  Word  of  Ciod,  | 
IJy  a  I  Synod  of  Elders  |  and  |  Messenfjers  of  the   Churches  |    in 
Massachusets-Colony    in    New-Knijhind.  |  Assembled    at    Boston, 
according  to  Appointment  of  the  |  Honoured   General   C'ovrt,  |  In 
the  Year  1  602.  |  —  |  At  a  General  Covrt  held  at  Boston  in  New- 
I  England   the  8"'- of  October,    1GG2.  |  The  Court   having   Read 
over  this  Result  of  the  Synod,  judge  meet  to  |  Comnu-nd  the  same 
unto  the   Consideration  of  all   the  Churches  and  |  People  of  this 
Jurisdiction;  And  for  that  end  doe  ( )rder  the  Printing  |  thereof.   | 
By  the  Court.   Edward  Havvson  Secret'.  |  —  |{  Cambridge:  Printed 
by  S.  G.  for  Hezekiah  Vsher  at  Boston  in  |  New-England,  l(j()2. 
Pimo.  pp.  (14),  21. 
Titlepage  wanting;    1  1   pp.      '"The  Preface  to  the  Christian  luader, 
and  especially  to  the   Churches  of  Massachusets-Colony  in  New- Eng- 
land," runiung  headlines  ;   1-24,  "The  Answer  of  the  Elders  and  otlicr 
Messengers  of  the  Churches,  Assembled  at   Boston  in   the  Year   l(".t;2. 
To   the  (^uestious    Pro|)ounded   to    them    by    order    of    the     Honoured 
General  Court,"  headpiece  foui'  lines  of  bonier  pieces  with  a  vertical 
line  of  similar  pieces  at  each  end  :    pages  2")-.')2  wanting. 

This  title,  copied  from  one  in  the  Priiuu'  Library,  takes  the 
I)lace  of  the  whith;  entry  nnder  tin;  ye;ir  liitlJ  in  the  former 
list.  Cotton  Mather,  in  his  MaL,Mialia  (Book  IV.  p.  77),  says 
that  th(!  pamphlet  "•  was  (dii(d]y  of  his  [.lonaliian  Mitcdiel's] 
composure";  and  allusions  to  it  are  found  in  Sihley's  llar- 
vjird  (iraduates  (\.  I').")),  the  P.rinley  (!ataloi:ue  (I.  nO^and 
Sahin's  Dieliouiiry  (  .\  II .  Jl.")),  No.  lii.f.C.J.  and  (  W.  ').V4,  AAr)), 
No.  (■»<;, 0.',!». 

I  r.So. 

A  I  Platform  |  of  |  Chinch  Diseiplim-  |  (lathered  out  of  |  the  Word  of 
(itx\  ;  I  An<l  Agreed  upon  li\  the  |  I'dders  .and  .MessengerH  |  ol  I  lie 
(JhurcheH  AHsendded  in  the  |  Synod.  |  At  ( 'ambridge  in  N.  Iv  | 
To  Im;  prcHenteil  to  the  Churches  tS;  General  Court  |  lor  their 
CoiiHideration  and  Acceptunce  in  |  the  Lord,  tin?  Mtli.  Moiietli, 
Anno.  IGI'.I.  |  —  |  |Two  lines  from  Psalms  Ixxxiv.  I  ;  two  from 
xxvi.  8;  n?Kl  five  from  xxvii.  4.|  |  —  ||  Boston:  i'linu-d  by 
John    Foster.   IGHO.      jCmo.  pp.  (2.'5;,  G4. 


Titlepage,  .surrouiided  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso  blank  ;  21  pp. 
"  The  Preface,"  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces,  with  a  raised  (juery 
mark  after  the  eighth  and  ninth  pieces,  and  a  long  rule  below,  running 
headline  same  words;  1  p.  blank;  1-64,  text,  headpiece  a  line  of 
border  pieces  like  the  first,  with  an  Italic  colou  after  the  seventh  piece, 
various  headlhies  ;  3  pp.     Table  of  Contents,  wanting. 

This  book  begins  with  the  last  three  leaves  of  signature  E, 
and  once  formed  the  second  part  of  a  volume  in  which  the  first 
part  was  "  A  Confession  of  Faith,"  etc.  See  Sabin's  Diction- 
ary (XV.  189),  No.  63,  334. 

1684. 

Tiie  I  Doctrine  |  of  Divine  |  Providence,  |  opened  and  applyed:  |  ...  | 

By  Increase  Mather.  |  [etc.]     1  Gmo.  pp.  (8),  148.     [Followed  by] 
A  I  Sermon  |  ...  |  IJy  JNIr.  Nathaniel  Mather.  |  [etc.]      pp.  (1),  26. 

This  copy  is  one  of  the  two  mentioned  in  the  former  list, 
and  probably  is  an  earlier  impression  than  the  other.  Some 
instances  of  the  variations  are  as  follows :  "  The  Contents," 
which  appears  at  the  end  of  Nathaniel  Mather's  sermon,  here 
follows  "  To  the  Reader  "  and  takes  the  place  of  the  blank  page 
near  the  beginning  of  Increase  Mathers  sermon  ;  the  rule  at 
tlie  top  of  page  <S2  is  taken  out  ;  the  headline  on  page  83  "  to 
the  judgments  of  God"  is  here  changed  to  "  Sins  of  Omission 
expose  men,"  and  the  same  change  occurs  on  page  88  ;  the 
headlines  of  other  pages  90,  91,  94,  and  95  are  transposed  ; 
page  53  of  the  first  part  has  the  signature  letter  "  Es"  instead 
of  the  second  "  E2  "  in  the  other  copy,  and  on  page  25  of  the 
second  part  the  signature  letter  is  taken  out ;  onl}^  a  stub 
remains  on  pages  27  and  28,  showing  three  letters,  and  a  part 
of  the  next  leaf  of  "  Advertisements,"  with  only  three  border 
pieces  of  the  upper  line. 

A  I  Monumental  |  Memorial  |  of  |  Marine  |  Mercy  |  being  |  An  Ac- 
knowledgment of  an  High  Hand  of  |  Divine  Deliverance  on  the 
Deep  I  in  the  Time  of  distress,  |  in  |  A  Late  Voyage  from  Boston 
in  New-England  |  To  London,  Anno  1683.  |  —  |  In  a  Poem.  By 
Richard  Steere.  |  —  |  To  which  is  added  Another  Occasioned  by 
Several  |  Remarkable  Passages  happening  at  the  Birth  |  of  a  INI  ale 
Child  on  Board  the  same  Ship  |  in  her  \'oyage  Returning  1G84.  | 
—  I  By  the  same  Author  then  a  Passenger,  |  —  ||  Printed  at 
Boston  in  New-England  by  |  Richard  Pierce  for  James  Cowse 
Stationer  |  Anno  1684.     16mo.  pp.  (4),  12. 


Titlepage,  verso  blank  ;  "_*  pp.  •''!'(>  tlif  Rt-inliT,"  eiidinjj;  wiili  a  nnlt' 
cut  (3x3 1  inches),  covering  more  tlian  a  lialf  ol  the  pajje,  representinji 
a  winged  figure  moving  to  the  right  in  tlie  clonils  with  her  face  turned 
toward  the  front  and  lier  right  hand  pointing  upward,  proltahly  a  con- 
steMation,  and  showing  three  unknown  characters  at  tiie  lelt,  headpiece 
two  Hues  of  border  pieces,  the  hiwer  one  inverted,  b»)th  parted  in  the 
middle  by  a  vertical  line  of  three  stars,  lieadline  on  .second  page  same 
as  beginning  ;  1-10,  "  A  Monvmental  Memorial  of  ^Marine  Mercy  *fcc.," 
in  verse,  ending  with  a  rude  cut  (about  2i  inches  square),  representing 
a  ship  under  full  sail  driven  before  a  gale,  headpiece  two  lines  of  bonier 
pieces,  the  lower  one  inverted,  with  a  (|uery  mark  in  the  middle  of  each 
line,  the  upper  one  inverted:  11.  12.  '•  A  Poem  occasionally  written  on 
Some  Reinarkables  hap'ning  at  liie  Hirth  of  the  Son  of  Thomas  and 
Sarah  Wallis  upon  the  Atlantiek  or  Western  Ocean,  July  the  26  1(>84," 
signed  •'  Hii'liard  Steere.'' 

1 686. 

A     llricf  I  Discourse  |  of  |  .lustilication.  |  Wherein  |  This     Doctrine    is 
plainly  laid  down  ac-  |  conling  to   tiie  Scriptures  :  |  As  it  was  De- 
livered in  several  Ser-  |  mons  on   this   Sul)ject.  |  —  |  l>y   Samuel 
Willard,  Teacher  of  a  Church  |  in    Boston.  |  —  |  [Five  lines  from 
I'hil.  iii.  9  ;  and  six  lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Boston,  Trinted  by  S:  G. 
for  SanuH'l  Phillips  |  at  the  Wcst-tiid  dl   tiic  Town  house.       IC.MC.. 
1  i'tUUi.  pp.  (.")),  1  (iH. 
Titlepage,  verso  blank  ;  .">  p|i.    ••  To  ihr  luadtr."  signed  '•  S.  Willard," 
headpiece  a   line  of  seventeen  border   pieces,  with   a   ipiery   mark  after 
the  twelCth,  a   line   in    parts   underneath,  and   another  line  of  seventeen 
border   pie<'es   inverted,  with   a   (|Uery  mark   alter   the  ninth,  headlines 
.saiin;  W(trils  as  at  beginning,  caleli-words  on  the  third  page  "  I'liil.  3,  \)."  ; 
I   p.  blank;    I-HJM,  text,  be^iiniing  uilii  "  rinllippi:iii'-  III.   IX."  iiead- 
piece  similar  to  the  first,  allhongh  willi  slight  variations,  running   hea<l- 
lines,  "  A    Brief   Discourse,''   and   '"of  .luslilicalion,"   having   the   word 
"  brief"  on  twenty  pages,  tin-  first  on  page  22  and  tht^  last  on  page  1(»S, 
and  on  the  last  page  "  A  brief  Discourse  i^Lc."  ;   has  '•  2H  "  for  T-'H,  and 
*'  217"  f«)r  1  17  ;   first  h-aifof  book  warning;  liound  in  i  lie  orijiinal  sheep. 

<  »ur  Dving  .S:ivinnr  ^  |  l.egncv  of  re;ic(r  I  To  llis  Disciples  in  a 
troublesome  |  World,  from  .lolm  1  I.  27.  |  My  Peace  I  givi-  unto 
y«»u,  He.  I  —  I  Also  a  |  Discour.se  |  On  the  Two  ^VilnesseK:  | 
Sh«;wing  that  it  is  the  Duty  of  all  Christians  |  lo  be  WitnesscH 
iiulo  Christ,  from  Uev.  11 .  3.  |  I  will  give  to  my  two  Wilnessen, 
&<::  I  Unto  which  is  added,  |  Some  Help  lo  Srlf'-h^x.-diiination. 
I  —  I  By  .lohn  lligginson  Pastctr  of  the  (  hin'ch  in  |  Salem  |   —  | 


[Four  lines  from  2  Peter  i,  14,  15.]  |  —  ||  Boston,  Printed  by 
Samuel  Green  for  John  |  Usher  near  the  Town-House,  1G86. 
16mo.  pp.  (13),  205,  (1). 
Titlc'page,  surrounded  by  a  border  line,  verso  blank;  7  pp.  "To 
the  Church  and  People  of  God  at  Salem  ;  also  at  Guilford  and  Say 
IJrook:  Grace  unto  you,  and  Peace  from  God  our  Father,  and  from 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,"  signed  by  "  John  Iligginson,"  and  dated  at 
Salem,  August  G,  1086,  headpiece  a  line  of  seventeen  border  pieces,  a 
rule  in  jiarts,  and  a  line  of  similar  border  pieces  inverted,  headlines 
"To  the  Reader";  1  p.  blank;  3  pp.  "Christian  Reader,"  signed 
"of  him  who  is  a  Well-wisher  to  Israels  Peace.  Samuel  Willard," 
iieadpiece  similar  to  the  first  one,  same  headline  continued  ;  1  p.  blank  ; 
1-131,  text,  beginning  "John  14.  27,"  headpiece  similar  to  the  first, 
various  lieadlines  ;  1  p.  blank;  133-185,  text,  beginning  "  Revelations 
II.  III.,"  lieadpiece  like  tlie  first,  various  headlines;  1  p.  blank;  183 
[187]-205,  "Some  Help  to  Self-Examination,  Which  I  drew  up  for 
my  Self,  in  the  Year  1G52.  But  may  be  of  like  use  to  any,  that  shall 
peruse  the  same;  with  Meditation  and  Self  Application,  and  earnest 
Prayer,  as  Psal.  139.  23,  24,"  headpiece  a  Hne  of  seventeen  border 
pieces  with  a  query  mark  after  the  ninth,  headline  "  Self-Examination" ; 
1  p.  blank;  1  p.  "Advertisement"  between  two  lines  of  border  pieces, 
tlie  lower  one  inverted. 

This  volume  was  <^iven  by  our  associate  Col.  Tliomas  W. 
Higgiusou,  ou  May  14,  18'J<i,  aud  is  uieutioued  iu  the  Pro- 
ceedings (second  series,  XI.  19-22)  of  that  date.  The  title- 
page  and  the  two  following  leaves,  as  well  as  page  205,  were 
photo-electrotyped  by  the  Suffolk  Engraving  Company  from 
another  cop}^  owned  by  him.  The  plate  for  the  "  Advertise- 
ment'" at  the  end  was  made  b}^  the  same  process  after  a  tracing 
from  a  copy  in  the  Prince  Librar}'.  By  means  of  these  plates 
the  missing  pages  in  the  book  were  reproduced  in  facsimile  on 
old  [)aper,  and  inserted  in  the  volume  ;  and  the  collation  is 
made  from  the  copy  thus  completed. 


1689. 

[A  List  of /i^rm^a,  by  Cotton  Mather.      1680.]      16mo.   1  ji. 

A  line  of  seventeen  border  pieces;  heading  in  three  lines,  "The 
Reader  is  desired  (with  his  Penn)  to  Correct  the  following  Errata  "  ; 
nine  lines  of  errata  referring  to  "Pearly  Piety";  six  lines  relating  to 
tlie  "  Several  Sermons"  ;  a  line  of  seventeen  border  pieces  like  those  at 
the  top  inverted. 


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This  List,  evidently  priiittHl  in  Huston,  ;iiid  proltaMy  liy 
SiiiuuL'l  (tieen,  is  fonntl  i)asteil  on  tlie  inside  of  tlie  cover  lit 
tlie  end  of  two  bonnd  tracts  by  Cotton  Mather,  which  were 
published  in  London  in  l()8i>.  The  first  tract  is  entitled : 
"  Early  Piety,  Excni[)lificd  in  the  Life  and  Death  of  Mr. 
Nathanael  Mather,"  etc.;  and  the  other:  "Several  Sermons 
Concerning:  Walkinj/  with  (lod,"  etc.  The  wording  of  the 
titlepage  at  the  beginning  of  the  book  shows  that  the  two 
tracts  were  intended  to  go  together  in  the  same  volume. 


The   People's  j  Rijiht  to   Klectiuii  |  Or  Alteration   of    Ciovenimoiit    hi 
Connecticott,  |  Argued  |  In    a    Letter;  |  liy    Gershoni    linlkeley 
Es(| ;  one  of  their  Majesties  Justices  of  the  peace  |  In  the  County 
of  Hartford.  |  Together  witli  a  Letter  to  the  said  Uulkeley,  |  from 
a   Friend   of  his  in   the    Hay.  |  To   wliicli   is  ailded,  Tiie   Writing 
delivered  to  James   Russell  of  Cbarlestown  |  Ks(i;    warning  him 
and  others  concerned,  not  to  meet  to  Hold  a  Cmu't  |  at  Cambridge, 
within    the    county    of    Middlesex.    |    liy  Thomas    Greaves    Ks(|  ; 
JutL^e  of  tiieir  .Ahijeslics  Inferior  Court  of  PU-as  |  and  one  of  their 
Majesties  Justices  of  the  jjcace  within  the  .said  County  |  And  ahso 
his  Answer  to  Mr.  Hroadstreete  and  the  (Gentlemen  niett  at  the  | 
Town-house  in    Hoston   concerning  the  .same.  |   Published  for  llic 
Information  A:  .Satisfaction  of  their  Majesties  lowdl  |   (but  altuscil) 
Sul)ject8    in    NfW-l'ji;.dand.  |  —   ||    Pluladel|>liia,    Printed   by    As- 
hignes   of   Wiiham    llraiifoni.  Anno    ir.fSH.      No   tillfpai:''.      H'miio. 
pp.  IH. 
Half  title.  lillihL,'  most  of  page  1  ;    l-l.'J,  "To  tlif  iioiiour.iblc  Robert 
Tnal    Iv>M|  ;    and   to   the  Worsliiiifull   .himes    I'.isliop,  William   Jomvs  & 
Jaini-H  l''itili,  and  other  the  Worshipful  Justices  of  the  several  I  Counties: 
and    any   oilier    whom    it    may    cKiicerii,    asseiiililint^f    at    llartl'oril:    To 
adyist!  coneeriiing    Huldiiig   of  a  Court  of   I'Jeetioii    ity    N'iiliie   of  and 
a<'cording  to  tin-  late  Patent,"  signed  "(tershom  ibilkeley,"  on    May  M, 
IfiH'.J;     13-17,    "A    Letter    to    (Jerslioni    Hulkejey    Kh(|  ;    (oiu!   of  lh<-ir 
MujuHlieH  JuHtices  of  tlie    Peace   in   the   County  of   Hartford)   from   a 
friend  in  tho  Hay";   17,  "The  Writeing  DeliviM-ed  lo  .lain- s  !iii><>ell  of 
Charh'Mtowne   V^(\;  by  Thomas  (Jraves  lvs.|  ;  Jud-ze  ot   their  M:ijesli»'8 
Inferiour   Court  of   pleas,  and   one   of   their    Majesties  Justices  of    the 
Peace,   within   the   C<tunly  of  Midillesex,"  and  addressed  "To  J:im«'s 
UuHHell   of  Cliiirlehtowne    Lsi|  ;   to  l)e  communicated  to  any  others   that 
are  in  like  manner  with  your  Hclf  concerned  herein."  which  is  a  warn- 
ing not  to  aMHendde  "a  pretended  Court  of  Judicature,"  at  Cambridge, 
etc.,  dated  in  CharleHiown,  September  2\,  1C..SU  ;    IM,  "The  Answer  of 


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Thomas  Greaves  Es(|.  to  Mr.  Broadstreete  &  the  Gentlemen  met  at 
the  Town-house  in  Boston  concerning  the  aforesaid  Writing,"  signed 
"  Thomas  Greaves." 

This  tract  is  reprinted  in  tlio  first  volume  (pp.  57-81)  of  the 
"Collections  of  the  Connecticut  Historical  Society"  (Hartford, 
1800);  and  in  the  second  volume  of  "The  Andros  Tracts" 
(pj).  85-109)  as  given  in  ''  The  Publications  of  the  Prince 
Society"  (Boston,  18G9). 

1693. 

Among  the  Errata  mentioned  in  the  collation  of  Cotton 
Mather's  "Wonders  of  the  Invisible  World,"  in  the  former 
list  under  1693,  is  the  following:  "The  "Discourse  on.  The 
Devil  Discovered,  is  wrong  paged,  after  p.  8.  (17)  being  put 
for  (9)."  This  statement  changes  the  paging  there  given  in 
the  last  line  of  the  collation  to  "  1-32  [24]." 


The  following  list  of  early  broadsides,  found  among  the 
Massachusetts  Archives  at  the  State  House,  and  by  no  means 
complete,  is  here  given  as  a  supplement  to  the  other  titles. 
The  volume  and  page  of  the  Archives  where  these  several 
I)roadsides  appear,  are  indicated  by  Roman  letters  and 
Arabic  figures  within  parentheses,  at  the  end  of  each  descrip- 
tion. Seven  of  the  sheets  are  found  in  Volume  CCXLII.  of 
the  Archives,  which  is  the  third  volume  of  the  "  Hutchinson 
Papers."  It  may  be  remembered  that  the  manuscripts  com- 
I)rising  these  Papers,  in  three  volumes,  for  many  years  were  in 
the  possession  of  the  Historical  Society,  but  were  given  up  to 
the  Commonwealth  on  the  decision  of  an  arbitrator.  For  full 
particulars  of  the  case,  see  Proceedings  (XIII.  217-232)  for 
Januaiy,  1874. 

1659. 

An    Humble   Proposal,  for  tiie  Inlargement  of   University  of   Learning 

in  I  ]Se\v  England,  By  the  Trvstees  liereafter  named,  to  whom  the 

Manage-  |  meut  of  this  Affair  is  committed.      Broadside. 

Large  ilhistrated  letter  at  the  beginning  of  the  text,  about  two  and  one 

half  inches  square;  an  appeal  to  their  "worthy  Christian  P^-iends  in 

England,"  asking  for  lielp,  saying,  "  That  all  the  provision  which  they 

liave  towards  this  great    Undertaking,  is  not  sullicieut,  according  to  a 


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vt-rv  low  Hiiil  moderate  Computation,  for  a  twentieth  part  of  those  who 
are  horn  in  that  Country  [New  KuLjlaud]  and  capable  of  sueli  Improve- 
ment :  So  ;^reatly  hath  the  Lord  been  pleased  to  bless  his  IVople  in 
those  part^  with  increase  of  Children  "  ;  giving  as  their  authority  for 
such  an  appeal  the  aet  of  the  General  Court,  Ma\  11,  l(i59. 
(LVIII.  :J8.) 

1 667. 

liostcui  in  Xew-England.    August  9th.  1GG7,  |  The  |  Governour,  Deputy 
(iovernour  |  and  sundry  of  the  |  Magistrates,  |  lieing   Assemliled, 
do  .Judge  meet  to  commend  to  their  IJeloved   llrethren  and  Neigh- 
bours I  Tiie   Iidiabitants  of  this   Colony   this   following   Proposal. 
IJroadside. 
Two  lines  of  border  pieces  at  the  top,  the  lower  one  inverted  ;  after 
speaking  of  the  trouble  on   the   '•  Caribdee   Islands,  by   reason   of   the 
malignity  of  the  Common  Knem\  ""  and  the  lack  of  provisions  on  "  his 
Majesties    Fleet,"  they  "  commend  to  the   Iidiabitants  of  this  .hirisdic- 
tion  a  present  contribution    to  be  njade  for  the  supply  of  his  Majesties 
Fleet  in   those  parts  "  :  and  appoint  a  committee  to  receive  sudi  "  free 
Contributions  "  ;  and  order  that  "  This  Act  of  the  Magistrates  is  forth- 
with to  b«;  printed  and  sent  acfordinuly  to  the  several  Towns,      Hoston, 
August  lith.  1GG7";  signeil  '•  Kidiard  ricllingliani  ( lovcriiour." 
(C.  111.) 

1 670. 

At  a  Council  bild  ;it   Koston  |  Scptcnd).  S.   HlTo.      I  Cmio.  I   |>. 

Ilcadpii-oj  a  line  of"  fourteen  inn-shape<l  border  pieces  and  tin'  upper 
half  of  a  brac(; ;  "The  Council  taking  into  their  serious  Considernlinn 
the  low  estate  of  the  Churches  of  God  throughout  the  World  "  appoint 
September  22  as  a ''  Day  of  I'iddick  liuiMilialion  "  ;  si;:neil  "  Hv  the 
Council,  ICdward  Uawson  Secret'." 
\.  17.) 

Tills  is  the  furlicsl  priiiteil  pi-ocliiiiiatioii  li>r  a  l'"asl  ilay 
kiKMvii  Id  1)(;  extant,  aiid  it  is  su|>|)()sc(l  to  111-  iiiiii|iic.  I''iir  an 
ttCcoiiiil  <»f  tills  copy,  sec  tlit;  Ki!V.  William  hiLuss  Lovti's 
"  Fjiht  ami  'riiaiik>giviiig  Days  (if  New  l'!iiL;Iaii»l '"  (  |i.    I^!-*). 

HoHton,  Mandi  22.  Di7-{.      IlroinlKide. 

Lini"  of  border  piiM-cH  at  the  top  ;  an  order  of  the  "  I  )epul\ -( io\crn(>iir 
and  .Magi^tratcH  "  l»y  "  Fdward  HawHoii  Sr-ciet'.."  concerning  "the  late 
Awfiill  I  land  of  God.  conHuming  our  Cjistle  by  Fire  the  One  and 
tweiiiieih   of  thiH   iuHlant,"  etc.  ;  recommenrling  "  t<i  all  the  Inh.ibilantH 


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of  this  Colony,  tluit  a  free  contribution  lie  made  for  the  Re-edifying  of 
the  said  Castle  "  ;  saying  that  "  The  Charge  of  tiie  Work  propounded, 
we  have  computed  to  be  Twelve  or  Fifteen  hundred  pounds,  which  we 
do  aim  at  present  to  raise  "  ;  and  ordering,  "  That  the  Committees  of 
the  Militia  in  the  severall  Towns  do  forthwith  prosecute  this  Order,  in 
taking  Subscriptions  .  .  .  and  make  a  Return  of  the  whole  unto  the 
Major  General],  between  this  and  the  first  of  May  next  ensuing." 
(LXVIL  124.) 

This  sheet  and  the  tliree  preceding  ones  were  printed  .at 
Cambridge,   without  doubt  by  Samuel  Green. 

1686. 

The  General  Courts  Answer  to  |  Joseph  Dudley  Esqr.  &c.  |  This  was 
Pas'd  by  the  whole  Court,  Nemine  uon  consentiente.      Broadside. 

This  Answer  liegins  :  '*  Gentlemen,  We  have  perused  what  you  left 
with  us,  as  a  true  Copy  of  His  Majesties  Commission,  shewed  to  us  the 
seventeenth  instant :  Impowrinjr  you  for  the  Governing  of  His  Majesties 
Subjects  Inhabiting  this  Colony,  and  other  Places  therein  mentioned  "  ; 
gives  two  reasons  as  to  "  what  therein  might  be  thought  hard  or 
uneasie,"  —  "  1.  That  there  is  no  certain  determinate  Rule  for  your 
Administration  of  Justice  ...  2.  That  the  Subjects  are  Abridged  of 
their  Liberty  as  English  Men  "  ;  says  that  "  we  cannot  give  our  Assent 
thereto  "  ;  signed  ''  Per  Order,  Edward  Rawson  Seer.,"'  and  dated  May 
20,  16S6  ;  addressed  below  "  To  Joseph  Dudley  Es(|.  And  the  lest  of 
the  Gentlemen  Named  in  His  Majesties  Commission." 

(CCXLII.  334.) 

Tliis  broadside  is  given  in  the  printed  edition  of  the  Colonial 
Records  of  Massachusetts  Bay  (V.  515,  510),  edited  by  our 
late  associate  Dr.  Nathaniel   B.  Sliurtleff. 

1689. 

At  the  Convention  of  the  |  Governour  and  Council,  and  Representatives 
of  the  I  jNIassachusets  Colony.     16mo.  1  p. 

This  is  a  declaration  that  "all  the  Laws  made  by  the  Governour  and 
Company  of  said  Colony,  that  were  in  Force  on  the  twelfth  day  of  IMay, 
One  thousand  six  hundred  eighty  six  (except  any  that  are  repugnant  to 
the  Laws  of  England)  are  the  Laws  of  this  Colony,  and  continue  in 
Force  till  fjirther  Settlement,  to  which  all  Inhabitants  and  Residents 
here  ai-e  to  tiive  due  Obedience  "  ;  signed  "  By  Order  of  the  Convention, 
Isaac  Addington  Seer.,"  and  dated  at  Boston,  June  22,  1G89. 

(CCXLII.  372.) 


V2 

At  tilt'  I  roiiveiitioii  I  ( )f  the  Goveniour  ami  CouuL-il,  ami  Represen- 
tatives  of   the  I  Mas;<aehiisets   Colony.      Broadside. 

This  Prochiinatioii  sets  apart  September  19,  1089,  as  a  Fast  day  on 
account  of  '"the  irrowing  Ditliculties  of  a  Distressintj  Indian  War"; 
signed  '*  Isaac  Addington,  Seer.,'"  and  dated  at  Txiston.  Si'|)tenil)er  7. 
1089. 

(CCXLII.  379.) 

Tiie  I  Declaration,  |  Of  the  Gentlemen,  Merchants,  and  Inhahitants  of 
Hostou,  and  the  |  Countrey  Adjacent.  Apiii  iMli.  1(;89,  [Colo- 
phon] Boston  Printed  by  Samuel  Green,  and  Sold  by  Benjamin 
Harris  at  the  London  Cotlee-Ilouse.  1089.  No  litlepage.  Folio. 
pp.  (4). 
The  Declaration  relates  to  the  Andros  guvernment. 
(CCXLII.  303,  304.) 

iliis  ji;i|)ri-  is  rcpiiiilcd  in  the  iirsl  volume  of  "  i'lu'  Aiidros 
Tracts"  (pp.  11-1'.>)  as  given  in  " 'Die  I'liMicatioiis  of  tlie 
Prince  Societv  "  (Boston,  18(58),  and  in  Ncafs  "History  of 
New-Encrhmd"  (II.  (]2-70). 

I'loiii    a    (  ieiitli;maii    of   |     Boston    |    To    a    l''ricnd    in    the    CoiiMlrev. 
Broadside. 
rhi>    letter    is    >ii.MHMl    "  N.   N.,"    and    \v;is    writ  ten    pr(ibal)ly    in    the 
year   I  OH'.I. 

(CCXLII.  ;;.;;;.) 

This  ljroa<lsidr  is  icpiiiilecl  in  the  I'rocecdintjs  (\I1.  IIS, 
11!>)  of  llic    Historical   Sociely    lor   .liiiic,    L'^71. 

Thi-  I'rcsent  State  of  the  |  New-lMiglish  AfVaiis.  |  —  |  This  is  Published 
to  prevent  I''als<r  l{<-portH  |  —  |    [At  the  bottom  of  tlie  sheetj  Bos- 
ton, I'rinled  and  S(»Id  by  Sainuel  (irecii,  10.S9.      ISroadside. 
^WXV.   83.) 

This  slicci,  |iriiitrd  in  t  \\i>  iiiliimns,  <.^dves  extracts  from  lliit'c 
letters  written  l>y  Increase  .Mai  her,  then  in  ICnghind,  concern- 
ing  (|M(!stions  of  jmhiict  interest  and  imjtorlance  lo  (he  ('(dony 
of  MassachiisettH  Hay;  and  evidently  it  took  the  |)laee  <d'  a 
mJiriiiHcript  news-letter  so  common  in  those  diiys.  The  fact  is 
sigiiilicant  as  showinj^  a  phast;  (d"  journalistic  cvohilioii  wliich 
hegan  with  tin!  written  m-ws-letter  ami  j^radiially  <lcvc|(»pe(| 
ir»to  a  fiewspaper.      It    was  also    the   htrerinincr  <d*  "  Pnldi(d< 


13 

Occurrences,  both  Forreign  and  Domestick"  (Boston,  1690), 
wliicli  would  have  been  issued  monthly,  if  the  public  author- 
ities had  not  interfered  and  suppressed  the  first  number. 

1690. 

At  the  I  General  Court  |  Of  Tliuir  Majesties  Colony  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Bay  in  New-  |  P^ngland,  Sitting  in  Boston  by  Adjournment. 
December.  |  10"'.  1G90.  [At  the  bottom  of  the  sheet]  Cambridge: 
Printed  by  Samuel  Green.  IGDO.      Broadside. 

A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms ;  an  Order  of  the  General  Court  in  con- 
sequence of  "  maintaining  and  defending  of  Their  Majesties  Interests 
against  the  Hostile  Invasions  of  Their  French  and  Indian  Enemies 
(Who  have  begun  and  are  Combined  in  tlie  Prosecution  of  a  Bloody 
War  upon  the  English  ...  in  New-England  :)  " ;  appointing  a  com- 
mittee "for  the  granting  forth  of  Printed  Bills  .  .  .  (none  under  Five 
Shillings  ;  nor  Exceeding  the  Summ  of  Five  Pounds  in  one  Bill)  .  .  . 
No  more  of  said  Bills  to  be  Printed  or  Granted  forth  than  for  the 
Summ  of  Seven  Thousand  Pounds";  "Printed  and  Published  by 
Order  of  the  Covrt,"  and  signed  "Isaac  Addington  Seer." 

(CCXLII.  402.) 

For  the  reasons  leading  to  the  issue  of  these  Printed  Bills, 
see  ]\Ir.  Winthrop's  remarks  at  a  meetino;  of  this  Society,  which 
appear  in  the  Proceedings  (VI.  -128)  for  Februar}-,  1863,  where 
a  fac-simile  reproduction  of  one  of  the  bills  is  given.  This 
emission  of  paper  money  is  said  to  have  been  the  first  in 
America. 

1691. 
Advertisement.      16mo.  1  p. 

Two  lines  of  border  pieces  at  the  top,  the  lower  one  inverted  ;  relates 
to  the  Garrison  at  Port  Royal,  granting  to  persons  the  "  Appropriation 
or  sole  Priviledge  of  the  Trade  and  Traffick  of  said  Ports  "  for  five 
years,  and  giving  notice  to  others  who  wish  to  join  that  they  must 
"  within  the  space  of  Three  Weeks  from  this  Date,  enter  their  Names 
with  Mr  James  Taylor,  and  be  admitted  into  the  said  Adventure  on 
equal  parts  .   .   .    Boston,  June  .3th.  1691." 

(XXXVT.    111.) 

By  the  |  Gouernour  |  and  |  Council  :      Broadside. 

Impression  of  the  seal  of  Colony  cut  out;  a  Proclamation  ap- 
pointing INIay  7,  as  a  Fast  day ;  signed  "  Isaac  Addington  Seer.,"  and 
dated  at   Boston,  April   23,   1691. 

(XI.  58.) 


14 


1692. 

Nuval  Utlice  |  at  |  Boston,  |    In  Tluir  .Miiji-stics  I'rovincL'  of  M:iss:ului- 
sets-  I  Bay,  in  |  New-Euglaml.      Broadside. 
A  certificate  in  blank   (illed  out  on  Soptcniher  0,  1092,  for  tlie  clear- 
ance of  the  sloop  "  Industrie,"  of   Boston.  Jonas  Clarke,  Master,  bound 
for  Rhode  Island  and  Connecticut,  having  on  board  suj^ar.  rum,  leather, 
wine,  salt,  Kiiiilish  goods,  nails  and   iron    ware,  signed   in    manuscript, 
"  Benj*  Jackson  Navall  ofhcer  " ;  wiili  ilic  impression  of  a  wax  seal   iu 
the  upper  left-hand  corner. 
V     (LXI.  :V.',(K) 

1697. 
Anno   1007.      Broadside. 

A  list  of  the  Assistants  use<l  iiy  the  (icneral  Court  at  tlu'  dcition 
of  the  new  Council  on  May  2.'),  lO'.t.S,  divided  as  follows:  in  the 
first  column,  '' Massachuset,  IH."  including  seventeen  names,  and  "  Jn" 
Appelton  Esq""'  in  manuscrijtt  ;  in  the  second  column,  "  Plimouth,  4,'' 
with  names,  '*  Main,  3,"  giving  two  names,  and  ''  Jos.  Ilamon  "  in 
manuscript,  "  Zagadahock,  1  "  and  name,  "  At  large,  2,"  one  name  and 
"  Maj'  Penn  'J'ownsend  "'  in  manuscript,  and  "  Deceased  this  Year," 
three  names,  Charles  Frost,  Samuel  Shrimpton,  and  Bartholomew  (u'd- 
ney  ;  at  the  left  of  the  names  is  the  number  of  votes  each  person 
rcceivetl  indicated  in  manuscript,  and  at  the  right  in  the  same  way  are 
numbers  from  1  to  28  showing  the  relative  standing  ;  on  the  back  is 
the  file  mark  in   manuscript  "  Wiswcl    lOHT." 

(CCXLII.  420.) 

'I'ofrether  witli  tliis  hioadsido  is  u  slu'et,  lia\iiiu:  siiiiilaf 
fold-marks  headed  "  Sifbscriptiou  towards  the  Support  ot  .M' 
lehiiijod  W'iswall"  Sou  at  tlie  ('olledi^e.  for  three  years  next 
coineiiig,  at  so  iiiiicli  't^  amnl.  as  is  set  a^^ainst  cacli  of  our 
names,  this.  14"'  ol'  .Inly.  I'i!'!"."  it  is  signed  liy  ihirlii'ii  of  tlic 
('oiiii(;illors  given  on  the  printed  sheet,  and  liy  Nallianiel  Hy- 
field,  John  lioiland,  and  Simeon  Stoddard.  Atlaelied  to  the 
paper  are  several  receipts  finm  Aaron  rmnlnian  as  C'oUege 
Steward,  for  payments  on  Wiswall's  aeeonnt.  Tlie  allusion  is 
»..  |'..l,..r  Wi-wall,  a  gradual.'  iu   llie  Class  nf  17<ll'. 


Wliih:  I  am  on  my  feet  I  wish,  also,  to  eonnuunieatt!  the 
datcH  of  two  early  Commem  eun  uls  iit  Cjimhridge,  derived 
frf)m  eontemporary  sources,  which  are  additional  to  tin;  lists 
previously   presented    1>\    me  and   prinl<'<l   iu   the    I'roceedingH 


15 

(second  series,  X.  194-205,  360)  for  May  and  November,  1895, 
and  (XII.  72,  73)  for  December,  1897.  The  dates  are  taken 
from  two  almanacs  belonging  to  the  Hon.  John  Boyd  Thacher, 
of  Albany,  New  York  ;  and  for  his  courtesy  in  the  matter  I  wish 
to  acknowledge  my  obligations.  In  both  instances,  as  seen 
below,  they  fall  on  the  last  Tuesday  of  July,  thus  confirming 
the  theory  that  during  this  period  Commencement  came  on 
that  day. 

1646. 

According  to  a  unique  copy  of  the  earliest  known  almanac 
printed  in  New  England,  Commencement  fell  on  the  third 
day  of  the  week,  July  28,  which  was  the  last  Tuesda}'  in  that 
month. 

1648. 

According  to  the  calendar  in  another  almanac,  by  Samuel 
Danforth,  which  is  also  supposed  to  be  unique,  Commence- 
ment occurred  on  the  third  da}'  of  the  week,  July  25,  again 
the  last  Tuesday  in  that  month. 

These  two  little  publications  were  bought  at  the  sale  of 
Part  I.  of  the  Brinley  library  nearly  twentj'-  years  ago,  when 
they  fetched  fabulous  prices  for  that  period,  though  not  nearly 
so  high  as  they  would  bring  to-day.  The  almanac  for  1646 
was  printed  by  Stephen  Daye,  of  Cambridge,  the  first  printer 
in  British  America,  and  is  one  of  the  very  few  specimens  of 
his  handicraft  that  have  come  down  to  the  present  time.  He 
was  also  the  printer  of  the  first  pamphlet  published  in  what 
is  now  the  United  States,  an  almanac  for  1639  made  by  William 
Pierce,  of  which  no  copy  is  supposed  to  be  extant.  Mr.  Pierce 
was  a  shipmaster  of  some  note  and  influence  among  the 
founders  of  the  Colonies  of  Plymouth  and  Massachusetts  Bay, 
who  before  the  year  1620  had  made  voyages  to  the  Grand 
Banks  and  the  New  Encfliind  coast. 


SECOND   SUPPLEMENTARY   LIST 


OF 


EARLY    AMERICAN    IMPRINTS. 


Wiit\)  l^fotcs  anti  an  ^pprntiix, 

BY 

SAMUEL    A.    GEEEN. 


CAMBRIDGE: 

JOHN     WILSON     AND     SON. 

©nibcrsitg  ^Jrcss. 

1899. 


EARLY   AMERICAN    IMPRINTS. 


At  a  meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society,  held  in  Boston  on  Thursday,  January  12, 
1899,  Dr.  Samuel  A.  Green  presented  the  following 
paper : — 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Historical  Society,  held  on  February  14, 
1895,  I  gave  a  list  of  all  books,  pamphlets,  and  broadsides 
belonging  to  the  Library,  which  were  printed  in  the  American 
colonies  either  before  or  during  the  year  1700,  with  a  collation 
of  the  same  ;  and  the  list  duly  appears  in  the  Proceedings 
(second  series,  IX.  410-5-40)  of  that  meeting.  In  the  follow- 
ing autumn,  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  American  Anti- 
quarian Societ}',  held  in  Woi'cester  on  October  23,  1895,  Mr. 
Nathaniel  Paine  presented  a  similar  list  of  all  the  early 
publications  belonging  to  that  Society,  which  was  also  printed 
in  the  Proceedings  (new  series,  X.  281-350)  of  that  meeting  ; 
though  he  gave  a  collation  of  those  only  which  do  not  appear 
in  my  list.  In  the  Historical  Society's  collection  there  are 
described  307  publications,  and  in  the  Antiquarian  Society's 
there  are  described  156,  of  which  none  is  a  duplicate  of  any  in 
the  former  list.  To  my  paper  I  appended  a  description  of  six 
early  titles  found  in  my  own  library. 

At  a  meetiny'  of  this  Society,  held  on  June  9,  1898,  I  gave 
some  additional  collations  (second  series,  XII.  273-285),  which 
include  eight  titles  belonging  to  the  Library,  and  fifteen  broad- 
sides found  among  the  Massachusetts  Archives  at  the  State 
House.  Another  title,  which  has  come  into  the  Library  within 
the  past  four  months,  is  now  added,  of  which  the  collation  is 
as  follows :  — 


I700. 

The  Everlasting  Gospel.  |  —  |  The   Gospel  of  |  Justification  |  By  the 
I  Righteousness   of   God  ;  |  As   'tis  |  Held    and    I'rt'iu'h'd    in    the 
Churches  |  of  New-England :  Expressed  in  |  a  Brief  Discourse  ou 
that  I  Important  Article;  Made  at  Boston  |  in   the   Year,   1699. 
I  —  I  Hy  Cotton  Mather.  |  —  |  And,  |  Asserted  with  the  Attesta- 
tions, of  i  several    Reverend  and    Eminent  |  Persons,   now    most 
con-  I  siderable    in    those  |  Churches.  |  —  ||  Boston,    Printed    by 
B.  Green,  and  .1.  Allen,  for  |  Nicholas  Buttolph,  and  Sold  at  his 
Shop  I  at     the     corner    of    Gutteridges     Coffee-  |  House.      1700, 
ICmo.  pp.  (32),  7(5. 
Titlepage,   surrounded    by    a   border    line,   verso,  "The   Memorable 
words  of  Luther,  |  before  he  Engaged  in  the  |  Reformation,"  fourteen 
lines  between  two  lines  of  S-shaped  border  pieces;  15  pp.  "The  Dedi- 
cation. I  —  I  To  the  Reverend  Ministers  |  Of  the  Gospel  in  |  London, 
I  Sometimes     Honoured    with    the     Name  |  of    United     lirethren.  | 
Reverend,  and  Honoured  Syrs,"  signed  "  Cotton  Mather,"  headpiece  a 
line  of  a  variety  of  border  pieces;    2  pp.   "To  the  Reader,"  signed 
"  Increase  Mather,"  headpiece  a  line  of  S-shaped  border  pieces ;  9  pp. 
"To  the  Reader,"  signed  "John  Higginson,"  and  dated  "September  28. 
inyj,"  headpiece  like  the  last;   4  pp.  "To  the  Reader,"  signed  "Samuel 
Willard,"  headpiece  like  the  last;   \-7li,  '•  Tiie   Everlasting  |  (iospel," 
lie.idpiece,  a   variety  of   border   j)ieees,  at    the    end  "Boston-Lecture: 
27.  d.  ."*.  m.  I  and    21.  d.   C.    ni.    ICi'.t'.r';   '•  l-'jnis"   lietween   two   rules; 
headlines;   71-7(),  "  I)i\ine  Ilynins,"  liradpiecc!  a  line  of   small  Ixirder 
pieces. 

I  am  lod  to  niako  tliese  roinarks  in  rtcapitiilation  now,  as 
witliiii  a  .short  lime  I  liavt;  f^ratlicnd  a  lew  additional  titles  of 
early  American  ini))rint.s  Itcloiij^ini^f  to  liic  Jolin  Carter  Umwii 
Library  in  Providenec.  Tld-s  noted  library  contains  by  far 
the  lin(,'st  private  colUiction  of  Atni-rlraim  in  tlu;  country,  and 
|)roi)ably  in  existence.  It  is  ('xceedini,dy  ricli  in  early  printed 
books  ndating  to  America,  and  in  those  beariii<^f  eaily  Ameri- 
can itnprints.  Its  collection  of  \v(»iks  piinled  in  .Mexico  at  a 
period  long  antedating  tlic  press  in  N(!W  ICngland,  <;onsidcring 
the  rarity  of  such  i)ooks,  is  both  choice  and  large.  TIk? 
library  was  begini  by  the  late  Mr,  .lulm  ('ariei-  IWoun,  who 
for  twenty  years  was  a  ( 'onesjtonding  iMendtci'  of  the  His- 
torical Society.  Kor  the  g(;nerous  nse  of  its  tnjasures  on  many 
occa.sions,  Publishing  ('omtnitt«K's  <d'  the  Society  and  other 
members    have    ac  kno\vlefi<''ed    their   debl    of   coiirtesv    to    \\\v. 


owner.  At  the  present  time  the  library  belongs  to  a  son,  Mr. 
Jolin  Nicholas  Brown,  also  a  Corresponding  Member  of  the 
Society,  who,  inheriting  his  father's  tastes,  has  kept  up  the 
traditions  of  the  family,  and  is  constantly  adding  to  the  noble 
collection.  More  than  once  I  have  been  under  great  obliga- 
tions to  him  for  the  use  of  rarities  which  could  be  found  in  no 
other  library. 

As  instances  of  the  extreme  scarcity  of  some  of  the  volumes 
in  this  remarkable  collection,  as  well  as  of  the  liberality  of  the 
owner,  I  give  extracts  from  two  works  well  known  to  historical 
students. 

Mr.  Arthur  Helps,  author  of  "  The  Spanish  Conquest  in 
America"  (London,  1857),  in  a  footnote  acknowledges  the  use 
of  a  rare  book  in  the  following  words :  — 

Puga's  Collection  of  Ordinances,  printed  in  Mexico  in  15G3,  in  folio, 
is  the  earliest  summary  of  Spanish  colonial  law,  relating  to  the  New 
World.  It  is  a  work  of  the  highest  rarity  :  there  is  not  a  copy  known 
to  exist  in  England.  The  one  which  I  have  made  use  of  belongs  to  John 
Carter  Brown,  Esq.,  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  in  America,  who 
kindly  sent  it  over  to  his  friend,  Mr.  Henry  Stevens,  in  order  that  I 
might  be  permitted  to  consult  it.  As  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  judge, 
the  American  collectors  of  books  are  exceedingly  liberal  and  courteous 
in  the  use  of  them,  and  seem  really  to  understand  what  the  object 
should  be  in  forming  a  great  library.     (III.  127,  128.) 

Vice-Admiral  C.  R.  D.  Bethune,  editor  of  Galvano's  Treatise 
which  appeared  as  the  thirtieth  volume  (London,  1862)  of  the 
"  Works  issued  by  the  Hakluyt  Society,"  says  in  his  preface : 

This  valuable  work  is  the  property  of  an  American  gentleman,  Mr. 
John  Carter  Brown,  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  who  kindly  per- 
mitted Mr.  R.  II.  ]\Iajor,  of  the  British  Museum,  to  have  it  copied; 
from  this  copy  the  Portuguese  text  has  been  printed.      (Pages  i,  ii.) 

At  my  request  Mr.  George  Parker  Winship,  who  is  in  im- 
mediate charge  of  the  John  Carter  Brown  Library,  has  kindly 
made  for  me  a  description  of  all  the  early  American  imprints 
in  that  famous  collection  which  do  not  appear  in  the  respective 
lists  of  the  Historical  Societ}'-  and  the  Antiquarian  Society, 
besides  a  description  of  two  works  in  the  Fiske-Harris  collec- 
tion of  Brown  University.  These  volumes  number  18,  and 
their  collation  adds  materially  to  our  bibliographical  knowledge 
of  early  Colonial  books. 


In  these  several  lists  there  are  described  493  titles ;  and  to 
this  number  should  he  added  IS  other  titles,  described  by  Mr. 
Winship,  and  t,nven  Ijelow.  The  various  collations,  herein 
mentioned,  amount  to  511,  and  represent  probably  more  than 
two-thirds  of  all  the  issues  from  the  American  press  during 
the  seventeenth  century  now  extant.  Some  of  these  publica- 
tions are  unique,  while  others  are  supposed  to  be  limited 
to  a  very  few  copies,  and  all  are  lare.  The  figures  iiere 
given  are  subject  to  a  very  slight  variation,  as  one  or  two 
titles  may  prove  to  have  been  printed  in  the  mother  country, 
though  the  weight  of  authority  seems  to  favor  New  England 
as  the  place  of  publication.  In  this  paper  the  words  "imprint" 
and  "  title  "  are  used  synonymously  to  designate  the  work, 
whether  it  ije  a  book,  [)ampidet,  or  broadside. 

1647. 

Tlie  I  Wholt;    liook  I  of  I  Psalmes,  |   Faitlifully   tr;iiislatt'<l  into  |  Eng- 
lish Metre  :  |  Whereuiito  is  jdelixed  a  di.scourse,  declaring  not  | 
onely    the  lawfulnesse,  hut   also   the   necessity  |  of  the  lieavenly 
Ordinance  of  sing-  |  ing  Scripture  Psahnes  in   the  |  Churches  of 
God.  I  —  I  [Five  lines   from   Col.  iii.    10,   and   tlnee   lines  from 
.lames  v.  13]  |  — ||  Imj)rintfd  K)!".      lOnio.  pp.  (14),  274. 
Titlepage,  verso  blank;   12  pp.  "The  Preface";   1-274,  text,  head- 
piece a  line  of  border  pieces  ;   271,  lower  half,  ''  An  Admonition  to  the 
Iteader"  in  seventeen  lines. 

A  facsimile  of  the  titlrpagc,  by  type,  is  given  in  the  Cata- 
logue of  the  Library  (I'art  II.  ItiOO-lTUO,  p.  GOO),  No.  1035, 
where  it  says  that  this  is  "  A  reprint  of  the  first  edition  [of 
the  Hay  Psalm  IJook]  without  additions,  but  with  some 
changes  in  spelling."  This  volume  is  tin;  (M)py  mcntioiu'd  as 
No.  «50  in  the  lirinley  Catalogue  (  Tart  I.  115). 

1664. 

A  I  DiHroiirsn  |  of  the  last  |  .Iiiil;4<'niriif  :  |  (ir,  |  Sliort  Notes  upon  Mat. 
XXV.  I  from  Ver.  '11.  to  iIh'  (mmI  of  tlie  |  Chapter.  |  Concerning 
llif  .Jiidi^rtneiit  to  Cotiie,  and  our  I're-  |  paralion  to  stand  before  | 
The  (jreat  .lud^e  of  (^ui<k  and  Dead.  |  Whi<"li  arti  of  sweetest 
Comfort  to  tlie  Islect  Slie(^p,  |  and  of  most  <lreiidfnl  Amazement 
and  Terrour  \  to  Keprohatt;  (ioats.  |  And  do  Concern  All  to  think 
Seriously  upon,  that  |  they  may  look  th«;  Ju<l^(f  in  the  Faco  with  | 


Comfort  in  the  Great  Day  of  His  |  Appearing.  |  —  |  By  Samuel 
Whiting,  Pastor  of  the  |  Church  of  Christ  at  Lynne  in  N.  E.  |  —  | 
[Three  lines  from  Eccles.  xii.  14,  four  lines  from  2  Cor.  v.  10,  and 
two  lines  from  Acts  xxiv.  25.]  |  —  ||  Cambridge  :  |  Printed  by 
S.  G.  and  M.  J.     1664.     16mo.  pp.  (14),  160. 
Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  I'erso  blank  ;    6  pp. 
"  To  I  the  Christian  |  Reader,"  signed   "  Samuel  Whiting,"  headpiece 
two  lines  of  border  pieces,  running  headlines  "  The  Ej^istle  "  and  *'  To 
the  Reader  " ;  6  pp.     "  To  |  the  Reader,"  signed  "  John  Wilson  Senior," 
and  "  Jonathan  Mitchell,"  headpiece,  two  lines  of  acorn-shaped  border 
pieces,  headlines;    1-160,  "A  |  Discourse  |  of  the  1  Last  Judgement, 
I  on  I  Matth.  25.  31.  to  the  end,"  headpiece  a  line  of  similar  border 
pieces,  running  headlines. 

1 666. 

Abraham's  |  Humble  Intercession  for  Sodom,  |  and  |  The  Lord's  gra- 
cious Concessions  |  in  Answer  thereunto  :  |  Containing  sundry  | 
Meditations  |  upon  |  Gen.  XVIII.  from  Ver.  XXIII.  |  to  the  end 
of  the  Chapter.  |  Wherein  many  things  are  spoken  of  concerning 
Be-  I  liev^ers   drawing   near   to    God,  and  the   Efficacy   of  |  their 
Prayers :    and   how  they  may  be  Princes   and  |  Prevailers   with 
God,  and  with   what  boldness  they  |  may  come  before  him,  and 
what  ground  they  may  |  get  of  him  by  their  Prayers,  and  what 
sweet   com-  |  muning  they  have  with  him.  |  With  sundry  other 
things  worthy  of  our  |  most   serious   thoughts,  helping  us  to  be 
more  Spi-  |  ritual  and  Heavenly,  which  may  prepare  us  for  that  | 
everlasting  Communion  and  Fellowship  that  we  |  hope  to  arrive 
at,  and  come  to  in  a  blessed  state  |  of  Glory  by  Jesus  Christ.  |  —  | 
By  Samuel  Whiting,  Pastor  |  of  the   Church  of  Christ  at  Lyn  in 
N.  E.  I  —  I  [Three  lines  from  James  v.   16,  and  ii.  23.]  |  —  || 
Printed  and  Sold  at  Cambridge.     1666.      16mo.  pp.  (8),  349,  (1). 
Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  verso  blank ;   6  pp. 
"  To  the  Reader,"  signed  "  Samuel  Whiting,"  headpiece  a  line  of  urn- 
shaped  border  pieces,  headlines;   1-349,  text,  various  headlines;   1  p. 
of  Errata,    "  The  Authors  distance  from  the  Press,  and  difficulty  of 
the  Copy,  having  occasioned  the  following  Errata's;"  .  .  .  twelve  lines, 
sixteen  mistakes  to  be  corrected  or  insertions  to  be  made. 

Cotton  Mather,  in  his  Magnalia,  makes  the  following  refer- 
ences to  these  two  titles :  "  Now  our  Whitiufi  published  a 
Volume  of  Svrmonx  upon  that  Prayer  of  Ahrahtm  ;  wheiein 
he  does  raise,  confirm,  and  apply  Thirty  two  Doctrines,  which 
he  offered  unto  the  Publick  (as  he  says  in  his  Preface)  as  the 


Words  of  a  difiivj  Man  ;  .  .  .  But  that  whicli  encouraged  liim 
unto  this  Publication,  was  the  Acceptance  which  it  had,  be- 
fore this,  been  found  by  another  Treatise  of  liis  upon  T/ie  Dai/ 
of  Judijinent  it  self  .  .  .  ami  he  has  giuen  us  Forty  two  Doc- 
tritus  thereupon,  so  handled  as  to  suit  the  Edification  of  all 
Readei*s.  The  Notes  are  short,  and  but  the  concise  Heads  of 
what  the  Author  prepared  for  his  Weekly  Exercises;  never- 
thuk'ss  Mr.  Wihoii^  and  Mr.  Mitrliel^  observe  in  their  Preface 
thereunto :  That  the  Reader  by  having  w/?<c7i  in  a  little  Room, 
is  the  better  furnished  with  variety  of  Matter,  wortliy  of 
Meditation^  for  want  of  which  luany  a  ^lan  does  digest  little  of 
what  he  reads.  They  say,  '  It  is  a  good  Saying  of  one,  That 
the  Jxeadiwj  of  many  diverse  Heads,  without  mme  interlaced 
Meditation,  ix  like  eating  of  Marrow  u'ithont  Bread.  liut  he 
that  shall  take  time  to  pause  upon  what  he  reads  (where  great 
TrutJis  are  but  in  few  Wordx  hinted  at)  with  intermixed  Medi- 
tations and  UJactdctions,  suital)le  to  the  flatter  in  hand,  will 
find  such  Truths  concisely  delivered,  to  be  like  Marrow  and 
Fatnexx^  whereof  a  little  does  go  far,  and  feed  much  '  *"  (Book 
III.  IGO). 

The  I  Indian  [  riramniar  |  begun  :  or,  |  An  Essay  to  hring  tlio  Indian 
Lani,'iiagt-;  [  into  ;  Rules,  |   For  the  lli-Ipof  sueli  as  desire  to  Learn 
tlie  same,  for  |  the  furth(!rance  of  the  Gospel  among  them.  |  —  | 
liy  John   Eliot.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  from  Isa.  xx.xiii.  lU,  two  lines 
fntiii    Isa.   Ixvi.    IH,    two   lines   from    Dan.  vii.    14,   one   line   from 
I'sidms    xix.    .'{,    and    two    lines    from    ."\Ial.    ill.    11.]  j  — ||  Cam- 
hriiige  :  |  Printed    by    Marmaduke    .lolinson.      MlOCi.      I'imo.    pp. 
(4),  65,(1). 
Titlepagfi,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  border  pieces,  vvrso  blank  ;   2  pp. 
"To    the    lii;.dit    Honouraldi",  |  Robert    lioyle    Esq;  |  (lovernour:  | 
With  the  n-st  of  the   Riglit    ibtiiourable  ami  ("hristian  |  Corporation  | 
For  the  I'ropagation  of  the  (iospel  unto  |  the  Indians  in  New  England," 
Higncd,  "John   Eliot,"  head|)lece  a  lino  of  fourteen  urn-shaped  border 
|)iereH  ;    I    ('i"»,  "  Tlnr  |   Indian    (Jrannnar  |   lb-gun,"  headpiece  a  line  of 
border   pieces   like   thosr  on   tillepage;    1   p.  contains  an  explanation  of 
"  how    I    found    out    these    new    W.-iyes  of    (irMmmar,   which   no  other 
Learned   Language   (so   farre  jw  I   know)   useth,"  headpiece   a   line  of 
iKirder  pieces  like  the  last. 

ilcprmtiil    ill   the  Collrttiniis   {-Id   series,   I,\.  '1'1'.\~.\\-1,  i-liv) 
with    lilt I'Hliictorv  Olisei  valiiuis  liv  .loiiii  I'ickei Iiil:.  and  Notes 


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and  Observations  by  Peter  S.  Du  Ponceau  ;  and,  taken  from 
the  Collections,  it  appeared  also  as  a  separate  pamphlet 
(Boston,  1822).  See  Wilberforce  Eames's  "  Bibliographic 
Notes  on  Eliot's  Indian  Bible  "  (pp.  46,  47)  ;  and  Trumbull's 
"  Books  and  Tracts  in  the  Indian  Language,"  in  the  Proceed- 
ings (page  51)  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society  for 
October  21,  1873. 

1676. 

George  Fox  |  Digg'd  out  of  his  |  Burrovves,  |  Or  an  Offer  of  |  Dispu- 
tation I  On  fourteen  Proposalls  made  this  last  Summer  •1G72  (so 
call'd)  I  unto    G.    Fox   then    present   on    liode-Island  |  in   New- 
England,  by  R.  "W.  I  As  also  how  (G.   Fox  slily  departing)  the 
Disputation  went  on  |  being  managed  three  da3'es  at  Newport  on 
Rode-Island,  and  |  one  day  at  Providence,  between  John  Stabs, 
John  Burnet,  and  |  "William  Edmundson  on  the  one  part,  and  R.  W. 
on   the  other.  |  In  which  many  Quotations  out  of  G.  Fox  &  Ed. 
Burrowes  Book  |  in  Folio  are  alleadged.  |  with  an  j  Apendix  |  Of 
some  scores  of  G.  F.  his  simple  lame  Answers  to  his  Oppo-  |  sites 
in  that  Book,  quoted  and  replyed  to  |  By  R.  W.  of  Providence  in 
N.   E.  I  —  Ij  Boston  |  Printed  by  John  Foster,  1G76.      8vo.  pp. 
(7),  208,  119. 
Titlepage,  surrounded  by  two  border  lines,  verso  blank;  2  pp.  "  To  | 
The    Kings    Majesty  |  Charles    the    lid :    &c.  |  Whom    the   King   of 
Heaven  long  and  |  eternally  Preserve,*'  headpiece  an  ornamental  scroll, 
signed,  ''  Roger  Williams,"  and  dated  at  ''  Providence  in  N-England, 
March    10th.    167,|    (ut    Vulgo)  " ;    2    pp.    "To    the    People    called 
Quakers,"  signed,  "  R.  W.,"  and  dated  as  before,  headpiece  a  line  of 
small   border  pieces;   1  p.  "To  those  many  Learned  and   Pious  Men, 
whom  I  G.  Fox  hath  so  sillily  and  scornfully  answered  |  in  his  Book  in 
Folio  I  Especially  to  those  whose  Names  I  have  been  bold  to  mention 
I  in  the  Narrative  and  Apendix,  |  Mr  Richard  Baxter,  Mr  John  Owen 
&c."  signed  and  dated  as  before;  1  p.  blank;  1-140,  '•  A  Narration  of  | 
a  Conference  |  or  (  Dispute,  |  This  last  August  1672  (so  called)  in  the 
I  Colony  of  Rode-Iland    and    Providence,    Plantations    in  |  N.    Eng- 
land,  between    Roger  Williams  of  Providence,    (who  |  Challenged  G 
Fox  by  WMting   (which  followes)  and  all  his  |  Friends  then  met  on 
Rode-Iland,'"  .  .  .  headpiece  an  ornamental   scroll   like  the  one  first 
mentioned,  pages  130  to  135  incorrectly  numbered  134,  13o,  132,  133, 
13.),  and   136;   1    p.  blank  ;   141  {verso  of  blank  page)-143,   14o-208, 
''  Our  Conferences   and    Disputes  at  |  Providence   upon  the   se-  (  ven 
other  Positions  mentioned  in  my  Pa-  |  per   sent  to  G.    Fox  and  his 
Associates."  headpiece  a  line  of  acorn-shaped  border  pieces,  a  rule,  and 


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a  line  of  similar  pieces  inverted,  the  count  continuing  correctly  on  page 
14.j,  pase  '201  niisnumberetl  101  ;  1-110  "An  |  Apen<lix  |  Or  |  Addi- 
tion of  Proofs  unto  my  thirteenth  Po-  |  sition,  Viz.''  headpiece  two 
lines  of  border  pieces,  the  lower  one  inverted,  has  new  set  of  signature 
letters,  and  various  misprints  in  the  paging;  verso  of  119  blank. 

On  the  litlep;iG:e  is  written  :  "  Thomas  Slicpard's  I'ook  : 
given  me  by  y'"  h'*'*^^  Jn"  Leveret,  Governo''  of  y''  .Massachusets 
30.  6.  77  :".  This  was  reprinted  in  Volume  V.  of  the  ''  Publi- 
cations of  tlie  Narragansett  Club"  (Providence,  1872),  edited 
by  J.  Lewis  Diman.  A  facsimile  of  the  titlepage,  by  type,  is 
given  ill  the  Catalogue  of  the  Library  (Part  IL  1600-1700, 
p.  448),  No.  IIGI.  In  the  copy  belonging  to  the  P.oston 
Athenanun  the  title  begins  "•  G.  Fox." 

A  Tliunkt'fiill  j  Remembrance  |  of  Gods  Mercy  |  To  several  Persons  at 
(^uabaug  or  |  Brookfield :  |  Partly  in  a  Collection  of  Providences 
about  them,  |  and  Gracious  Appearances  for  them  :   And  jiartly  in 
a      Sermon    Preached    By   !\Ir     Hdward    Hulkley,   |   Pastor  ol    the 
Church  of  Christ  at  Conconl.  upon  a  )  day  of  Tliaiiksgiving,  kept 
by  divers  for  their  Wonder-  [  full    Deliverance  there.  |  —  |  Pub- 
lished by  Capt.  'I'liniiias  Wheeler.  |  —  |  [Five  lines  from  Psalms 
cvii.    8,    and    c.\i.    2.]  |  —  ||  ('ambridge,   |  Printed    and    Sold    by 
Samuel   Green    1070.      12mo.  pp.  ((•),  10[ll].  ;;•_'. 
Tith-page,  surrounded  by  two  border  lines,  rtrsn  blank  ;    I  pp.  "  The 
Preface, "' si!,Mied  "Tlio.  Whech-r,"  headpiece  two  lines  of  bonier  pieces 
separatcfl   by   a   ijrokeu    rule  ;     1-1'5,  and    1    page   numliered   "  lo   "  by 
mistake  for   11,    "  A  |    Trve   Narrative  |  Of   the    Lord^    Providences  in 
varicius    dispen-  |  sations    towards    Captain     Kdward     Hutchinson  |  of 
lioHton  and  my  self,  and    those   that  went  |  with   us  into  the   Nipnuick 
Country,    and  also  |  to   (^uabaug,    alias   Brookfield  :    The  said   Cap-  | 
tain  Hutchinson  having  a  Commission  from  the  |  Honoured  Council  of 
this  Colony  to  Treat  with  |  several  Sachems  in  those  parts  in  order  to 
the  I  publirk  peace,  and  my  self  being  also  ordered  |  by  lh»!  s.aid  Council 
to   ac<;onip»ny   him    with  |  part   of    my    I'roop   for   Si!curif\    from   any 
dan-  I  g«;r  that  might  be  from  the   Indians  :   an<l   to  |  Assist   him   in   the 
Transaction    of    tnatlers    com-  |  milled    lo    liiin,"    liead|iiece    a    line    ot 
acorn-s|i:i|MMl   bonier  pieces;    1    .'52,  "The  Sernon"  iieadpit'ce  Iwo  lines 
of  border  pieccH,  anri  ,i  broken  ride  below. 

l{epiiiite(|  with  lilt!  heading  "A  Tiiic  Nai  i  at  i\  c,"'  et(^,  botli 
in  lh«5  CollectionH  of  the  New  llanipsliiie  Flisi()ii(  al  Sucjely 
(IL  .">  'J:>),  and  also  in  .bisiah  IL  Teiiijde's  "  llisloiy  of  Nortli 
P.ri.dklield  "  <'pp.  HO-S'.t).  pmliablv  finiii  an  iniperfeel  copy. 


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i682. 

A  Poem  ]  Dedicated  to  the  Memory  |  of  |  The  Reverend  and  Excel- 
lent 1  Mr.  Vrian  Oakes,   |  the  late  Pastor  to  Christ's   Flock,  |  and 
Prajsideut  of  Ilarvard-Colledge,  |  in  Cambridge,  |  Who  was  gath- 
ered to  his  People  on  25  d  5  mo  1G81.  |  In  the  fifty'th  Year  of 
his  Age.  I  —  I  [Three  lines  from  1  Samuel  xxv.  1.]  |  —  ]  [Four 
lines  Latin]  ||  Boston  in  ^evv-England,  j  Printed  for  John   Rat- 
cliff.      1682.     12mo.  pp.  (4),  16. 
Titlepage,  surrounded   by  a  heavy  black   border  line,  verso  VjJank  ; 
2  pp.  "To  the  I  Reader";   1-16,  "  Memoirs  |  of  the  Life  and  Worth: 
I  Lamentations  |  for  the  Death,  and  Loss  |  of  |  the  every  way  admir- 
able I  Mr.  Vrian  Oakes,"  in  verse,  signed  "  N.  R."  ;    16.  quotations  in 
Latin,  eleven  lines,  and  Advertisement  given  below,  headpiece  a  heavy 
rule  :  — 

Advertisement. 

There  is  to  be  sold  by  Jolm  Browning,  at  |  the  Corner  of  the  Prison- 
Lane  next  the  |  Town-House,  a  Sermon  of  the  late  Reverend  |  Mr. 
VRIAN  OAKES,  preached  from  Eccl.  9.  |  11.  Shewing  that  Fortune 
and  Chance  are  iufalli-  |  bly  determined  by  God  :  By  which  alone,  it  | 
might  ap{)ear  that  the  Elogyes  of  him  are  not  a  vain  |  Hyperbole ;  but 
as  it  were,  the  Eccho  of  those  Words  |  which  his  Works  speak  con- 
cerning Hini. 

This  volume  is  in  the  Fiske-Harris  collection  belonging  to 
the  library  of  Brown  University,  and  is  the  copy  mentioned  as 
No.  1195  in  the  Brinley  Catalogue  (Part  I.  1G2).  The  Poem  is 
given  by  Mr.  Sibley,  in  his  Harvard  Graduates  (III.  42),  as 
Cotton  Mather's  first  published  work.  The  letters  "  N.  R.," 
subscribed  to  the  Poem,  are  the  last  letters  of  his  name. 
"N.  ]\Iather"  is  written  near  the  bottom  of  page  16.  The 
sermon  referred  to  in  the  Advertisement  is  "  A  Seasonable 
Discourse  .  .  ,  Delivered  on  a  Publick  Fast,  at  Cambridge." 

1685. 

An  I  Elegy  |  On  The  Much-to-be-deplored  Death  |  Of  That  Never-to- 
be-forgotten  •Person,  |  The  Reverend  |  Mr.  Nathanael  Collins;  | 
Who  After  he  had  been  many  years  a  faithful  |  Pastor  to  the 
Church  at  ^Middletown  of  |  Connecticut  in  New-England,  |  about 
the  Forty  third  year  of  his  Age  Expired;  |  On  28th.  10.  nioneth 
1684.  I  —  I  [Three  lines  of  Latin.]  |  —  |  [One  line  of  Latin.] 
I  —  II  Boston  in  New-England  j  Printed  by  Richard  Pierce  for 
Obadiah  Gill.  |  Anno  Christi  1685.      16rao.Vp-  (4),  20  [19]. 


Titlepa^e,  MinomnUMl  Iiy  a  heavy  honler  line,  rersn  blank;  2  pp, 
'•  Rea«ler;"  sii^'iii-d  •' C.  !M.,''  lieadpiece  a  liravy  black  line,  headline  on 
the  second  page;  1-Hi,  18-20,  "  Knneral-Tears  |  At  the  Grave  of 
The  much  Desired  |  And  Lamented  |  Mr.  Nathaneel  Collins?  |  Who 
changed  Death  for  Life,  |  December  28.  1G84,"  in  verse,  the  number 
17  omitted  in  the  paging,  vejso  of  the  last  leaf  blank. 

This  volume  is  in  tlie  Fiske-IIairis  cullecliou  belonginu^  to 
the  library  of  lUown  University,  and  is  the  copy  mentioned 
us  X...  nor.  ill  tlu-  I'.riiiley  Catalogue  (Part  L  l;")!). 

Goo<l  Order  Establi>lied  |  in  |  Pennsilvaiiia  ct  Ni'W-.lcrseN    |  in  |  Amer- 
ica, I  Being  a  true  Account  of  the  Country;  |  With   its    Produce 
and  Commodities  there  made.  |  And  the  great  Im])rovements  that 
may  be  made  by  |  means  of  Publick  Store-houses  for  Hemp,  Flax 
and  I  Linnen-Cloth;  also,  the  Advantages  of  a  Publick-  |  School, 
the  Profits  of  a  Publick-Hank,  and  the   Proba-  ]  bility  of  its  aris- 
ing, if  those  directions  here  laid  down  are  |  followed.      AVitli  the 
advantages  of  publick   Granaries.  |  Likewise,  several  other  things 
needful   to  be  understood  by  |  those  that  are  or  do  intentl  to  be 
concerned   in   jdanting  in  |  the  said  Countries.  |  All  which  is  laid 
down   very   plain,    in   this  small    Treatise  ;    it  |  being  easie  to  be 
understood  by  any  ordinary   Capacity.      To  |  which  the  Header  is 
referred  for  his  further  .satisfaction.  |  —  |   Hy  Thomas  liudd.  |  — || 
Printed  in  the  Year  IGHii.      12nio.  pp.  .'i'.l,  (1). 
Titlepage,    verso,   dedicatory   note,  signed   "Thomas   Pudd";   3-29, 
text;   o(»,  ;n,  "The  Dying-Words  of  Ockanichon  "  .  .  .;   .'}2-;3r.,   text; 
30,  an  apology  for  having  *'  published  in   Print  a  Paper,  dated  the  13"' 
of  July,  1G8.'>,  entituled  A  /me  and  perfctl  Accuunt  of  the  (lis-  |  posal 
of  the  one  hundred  Shares  or  Proprieties  of  the  Province  of  West  New- 
Jerseji,  by  Edward   H\liing";   .'{T-.'Jil,  a  letter   from    Pudd  "sent  to  \\\a 
FriendH  in  I'ennsilv.inia  and   New-,Iersey,"  and  dated  at  '*  London,  the 
2'.Hh   of   thi;  Mth  .Alontli,    ICsl";    1   p.  ".Some  material   'i'liings  omitted 
in  the  fore-  |  going  part,"  at  llie  lioltnm.   toni-  lines  ol'   Mirata. 

J'iint(Ml  hy  William  Iliad  lord  in  Phila(h'l|iliia.  Si.xty  cojjies 
were  reprinted  liv  William  (iowans  as  "•(  Jnwtiiis'  I'-ililiiilheca 
Americans.  4  "  (New  ^'ork,  1805),  uiiji  an  Inl  indiicl  ion  and 
NotcH  liy  JCdward  .Armstrong. 

Manitowompae  |  I'omantamoonk  |  S.'impw^li.anau  |  ( 'hristianoli  |  Cltoli 
woliiin  I  I'oinantog  |  WnHHikkitlealionat  |  God.  |  —  |  |  Three  lines 
from    1    'I'im    iv.    8.]  |  — ||  Camiiridge.  |  Printed    for    the    right 


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Ilonerable  Corperatioii  in  London  |  for  the  Gospeliziiig  the  In- 
dins,  in  New-England.  |  IG80.  IGmo.  pp.  333[340],  (2). 
Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  border  line,  verso  blank ;  3-288,  273- 
333,  text,  in  Indian,  headpiece  two  lines  of  ornamental  border  pieces, 
smaller  pieces  and  (juestion  marks  used  to  fill  out  the  line,  headlines 
"  Manitowompiie,"  verso,  and  '•  Pomantamoonk,"  recto,  set  oft"  by  a 
line  above  and  below  ;  2  pp.  Table  of  Contents,  headpiece  a  line  of 
small  border  pieces  ;    verso  of  last  leaf  blank. 

The  name  "  Jno.  Davis'  "  is  written  on  the  titlepage.  A  de- 
scription of  the  work,  with  a  facsimile  of  the  titlepage  is  given 
by  Wilberforce  Eames  in  his  "  ISibliographic  Notes  on  Eliot's 
Indian  Bible  "  (pp.  45,  46).  John  Eliot,  in  a  letter  to  Robert 
lioyle,  dated  at  "  Roxburv,  Augnst  29  1686,  in  the  third 
niontli  of  our  overthrow,"  and  printed  in  the  Collections  (III. 
187),  says  :  "  Our  Indian  work  yet  liveth,  praised  be  God  ;  the 
bible  is  come  forth,  many  hundreds  bound  up,  and  dispersed 
to  the  Indians,  whose  thankfulness  I  intimate  and  testify  to 
your  honour.  The  Practice  of  Piety  is  also  finished,  and 
beginneth  to  be  bound  up.  And  my  humble  request  to  your 
honour  is,  that  we  may  again  reimpose  the  primer  and  cate- 
chism ;  for  though  the  last  impression  be  not  quite  spent,  yet 
quickly  they  will ;  and  I  am  old,  ready  to  be  gone,  and 
desire  to  leave  as  many  books  as  I  can." 

This  is  the  second  edition  of  Lewis  Bayly's  "  Practice  of 
Piety." 

1690. 

Speedy  Repentance  urged.  |  —  !  A  |  Sermon  |  Preached  at  Boston, 
Decemb.  29.  1 689.  |  In  the  Hearing,  and  at  the  Request  of  |  One 
Hugh  Stone,  (  A  Miserable  Man  |  Under  a  just  Sentence  of 
Death,  for  a  |  Tragical  and  Horrible  INIvrder.  |  Together  with 
some  Account  concern-  |  ing  the  Character,  Carriage,  and  |  Exe- 
cution of  that  Unhappy  Ma-  |  lefactor.  |  To  which  are  Added, 
certain  Memorable  |  Providences  Relating  to  some  other  Mur-  | 
ders ;  &  some  great  Instances  of  Repen-  |  tance  which  have  been 
seen  among  us.  |  —  |  By  Cotton  Mather  Pastor  of  a  |  Church  in 
Boston.  I  —  II  Boston,  Printed  by  Samuel  Green,  and  |  Sold  by 
Joseph  Browning  at  the  corner  of  the  Prison  Lane,  and  Benj. 
Harris  |  at  the  Loudon  Coffee  House.  1690.  16mo.  pp.  (6),  87, 
(8),  15,  (1),  75,  21,40,  (1),  14. 
Titlepage,  verso,  six  lines  from  "  Anselm.  in  INIed  : '' ;   4  pp.  "  The  | 

Introduction,"  headpiece  two  lines  of  border  pieces,  the  lower  one  in- 


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verted,  separated  by  a  broken  rule;  1-G6.  "  The  Sermon,""  headpiece, 
like  the  last,  headlines;  67-«0,  "The  |  Character  and  Carriage  |  and 
Execution  of  |  Hugh  Stone,''  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces,  head- 
lines on  the  recto  in  Roman  type  and  on  the  verso  in  black  letter; 
81-87,  '•  The  Last  Speech  of  Hugh  Stone,"  headlines  on  the  recto 
in  black  letter  and  on  the  verso  in  italic  type;  1  p.  blank;  2  pp. 
"To  the  Honourable  Wait  Wintrhrop  Esq;"  signed  '*  C.  Mather"; 
4  pp.  "  To  the  Reader,"  signed  "  Charles  ^Morton,  James  Allen,  Joshua 
Moodey,  Samuel  Willard '' ;  2  pp.  "The  Introduction";  1-15,  "To 
Contribute  a  little  further  into  the  |  Design  of  this  Hook,  I  shall  here  | 
Annex  Two  Articles  of  Obser-  |  vations,  extracted  from  an  Hitherto- 
Reserv-  |  ed  Collection  of  jMemorable  Provi-  |  deuces.  I  have  recorded 
them  in  such  |  Words  (and  the  Rest  in  such  Wayes)  as  |  these,"  head- 
piece, two  lines  of  border  pieces;  1  p.  Erratum,  two  lines,  between  two 
lines  of  similar  border  pieces,  the  lower  one  inverted;  l-ll,  "Witch- 
crafts and  Possessions'';  42-44,  Postscript,  ending  with  "Finished, 
June  7"',  1G89";  4.3.  "Mantissa/'  headpiece,  two  lines  of  border 
pieces;  46-5.'],  text,  signed,  ''John  Goodwin,  Decemb.  12.  1G88"; 
54-'>9,  "Exemple.  II.";  o9-Gl,  "  Exeniple.  III."';  01-03,  "  Ex- 
emple.  IV.";  0.3-04,  "  Exemple.  V."' ;  04-71,  "A  Confession  of  a 
Hoy  at  Tocutt;  in  the  |  time  of  the  Intermission  of  his  Fits  :  and  |  other 
Pa.ssages,  which  many  |  were  Eye-witnesses  of."  ;  72-7/),  "  Exempee. 
^'I.  and  VII.";  1-21,  "A  Discourse  on  the  Power  and  Malice  of  the 
I  Devils  '';  1-40,  "  A  Diseourse  on  Witchcraft,"  headpiece,  two  lines 
of  border  pieces,  the  low«'r  one  inverted,  8ej)arated  by  a  ride,  headlines; 
1  p.  "  Notandum "  ;  1  p.  blank;  1-14,  "Appendix,"  lu-adpiece  two 
litres  of  border  pieces. 

The  ejfjlit  pat^e.^.  whiili  jurccdc  "Two  .Vilicles  of  Observa- 
ti(j|i,"  apjiaiciitly  .slioiild    Inllow   it. 

The  I  Cliristi.-in  l'"ailli  <  )t  ihr  rrr. pie  of  Cod.  called  in  Scorn,  | 
(Quakers  |  In  Klmdi-lslaiid  (wlm  are  in  I  nity  uilli  all  faithfull 
Hrelhren  |  of  the  same  Profession  in  all  parts  of  tlic  World)  |  \'in- 
dicated  I  l"'rom  tlie  C.iliinmieH  of  Christian  I.odouick.  lliai  lorint-rly 
I  was  of  that  Profession,  Itiit  is  lately  f.allen  lher<-fioiii.  |  As  also 
from  the  base  Forgeries,  and  wicked  Slamiers  of  |  Cotton  .Mather, 
ndle«l  a  MiniHter,  at  Hosion,  who  li.iili  gnaily  |  lomnirinled  tli«' 
Haid  ChriHti.'in  Lodowick,  and  approved  his  false  |  (  li.irges  against 
UH,  and  h:illi  added  tlnreinilo  many  gn»ss,  |  impu<ient  imd  vilo 
Cabimnii-H  ag.ainst  uh  and  our  Hrethren,  in  his  |  hxW  Afldres.**,  so 
called,   lo  Mome   in    Ni-w    I'ii'd:iM(l.  the   which    in  |  diu;   time   nuiy 


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receive  a  more  full  answer,  to  discover  his  Igno-  |  ranee,  Prejudice 
and  Perversion  against  our  Friends  in  gene-  |  ral,  and  G.  K.  in  par- 
ticular, whom  he  hath    most  unworthily  |  abused.  |  To   which   is 
added,   some   Testimonies  of    our   Antient  |  Friends   to  the   true 
Christ  of  God  ;  Collected  out  of  their  print-  |  ed  Books,  for  the 
further  Convincing  of  our  Opposers,  that  it  |  is  (and  hath  been) 
our  constant  and  firm  Belief  to  expect  Salva-  |  tion  by  the  Man 
Christ  Jesus  that  was  outwardly  crucified  without  |  the  Gates  of 
Jerusalem.  [  —  ||  Printed  and  Sold  by  William  Bradford  at  Phila- 
delphia in  Pennsyl-  |  vania,  in  the  Year  1692.      12mo.  pp.  IG. 
Titlepage,  verso  "  Our  Sincere  Christian  Belief  is  plainly  asserted  in 
the  I  following   Particulars,   viz."    in    eight    paragraphs ;    3-8,    "  The 
Christian  Faith   of   the    People   of  God  |  called  Quakers,  Vindicated 
from    the  |  Calumnies    of    Christian     Lodowick,"     signed    "  Edward 
Thurstan,   Henry  Bull,  Anne   Bull,  Thomas   Cornwall,  Thomas  Road- 
man,   George    Keith,    Ebenezer    Slocum,    Joseph    Nicholson,    Daniel 
Gould,   Jacob   Mott,   Walter    Clark,    Rob    Hutch  ins,   John   Easton"; 
9—16,  "Here  foUoweth  some  Testimonies  Collected  out  of  the  Writings 
I  of  our  Antient  Friends,  giving  some  account  of  their  Faith  |  and 
Belief,"  signed,  "  Faithfully  Collected,  and  Recommended  to  perusal, 
by  Will.  Bradford." 

A   I    Vision    I    Concerning  The   |    INIischievous  Seperation   |  among  | 
Friends  [  in  |  Old    England  |  —  |  [Device   formed  of    17   border 
pieces]    |  —  ||  Printed   and    Sold   by    Will.   Bradford    at  |  Phila- 
delphia,   161)2.     12mo.  pp.  7. 
Titlepage,  verso  I)lank  ;  3-5,  "A  Vision,"  etc.,  signed,   "  G.  F."  ; 
5-7,  "A   General  |  Epistle  [  against  |  Seperation,"  dated   at  the  end, 
"  Bednell-Green,  near  London,  the  25.  10.  Mo.  1686." 

Joseph  Smith,  in  his  "  Descriptive  Catalogue  of  Friends' 
Books"  (II.  26),  says  that  it  was  "Collected  and  arranged 
under  this  false  title  by  George  Keith,  for  an  evil  purpose,  to 
pass  off  as  George  Fox's." 

1693. 

An  I  Account  |  of  |  Several  Passages  and  Letters  between  his  Excel- 
lency I  Benjamin  Fletcher,  |  Captain  General  and  Governour  in 
Chief  of  the  Province  of  New- York,  |  Province  of  Pennsilvania, 
Country  of  New-Castle,  &c.  Commissionated  |  by  their  Majesties 
under  the  great  Seal  of  England,  to  be  their  Lieut.  |  and  Com- 
mander in  chief  of  the  IMilitia,  and  of  all  the  Forces  by  Sea  |  and 
Land  within  their  Majesties   Collony  of  Connecticut,  and  of  all 


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the  I   Forts  ami   phu'es  of  Strcn^tli  within   the  same.  |  Ami  |  The 

present  Adininistiattirs  of  the   Laws  in   tlie  |  CoHoiiy  of  Connec- 

ticvt,  in  the  Month  of  Octol)er,  1093.     No  titlepaj^e.     Folio,  pp.  8. 

Pages  1-8,  text,  signed,  "A  true  Copy,  Examined  and  allowed  to  be 

Printe<l,  Ijy   M.  Clarkson,  Secretary";    Colophon,  "Printed  and   Sold 

by  William  Bradford,  Printer  to  their  Majesties,  King  |  William  and 

Queen   Mary,  at   the    Bible  in   New-York,  lCi'.l3." 

New-England's  Spirit  of  Persecution  |  Transmitted  To  |  Pennsilvauia, 
I  And  the  Pretended  Quaker  found  Persecuting  the  True  ( 
Christian-Quaker,  |  iu  the  |  Tryal  |  of  |  Peter  Boss,  George 
Keith,  Thomas  Budd.  |  and  William  Bradford,  |  At  the  Sessions 
held  at  Philadelphia  the  Nineth,  Tenth,  and  |  Twelfth  Days  of 
December,  1692.  Giving  an  Account  |  of  the  most  Arbitrary 
Procedure  of  that  Court.  |  —  |  —  [|  Printed  in  the  Year  1G93. 
rjmo.  pj).  (1),  3"*. 
Titlepage,  versa  blank  ;    1-3,  ''  The  Introduttion,"  headpiece,  a  rule; 

4-38,  text. 

Print(Ml  by  William  Bradford  in  Piiila(leli)liia  ;  and  repiinlcd 
as  "The  Tryals  of  Peter  Boss,"  elc,  of  wliicli  tlio  imprint  is 
"  Printed  first  Beyond-Sea,  and  now  Ivejirinted  in  London, 
for  !  Richard  P.aldwin  in  Warwick-  |  lane.  ir,!i;L" 

1696. 

The    Chrisiian    Thaiik-On'iriMg.  |  —  |   A     I>riil'|   Discouise  |  on  |  The 

Returns  of  Gratitude  iV;  Obedience  |  Wliereto  |   Men   ar«'   ( )bliged, 

by   tlie   Merci(;8  |  of  God.   |  Made  |  On    a   Solemn   Thanksgiving, 

kept  I  in   a   Privati;   Meeting  of  Christians,  |  on  the  Occasion  of 

some    Deliverances.  |  —  |  By    Cotton    Mather.   |  —  |  [Six    lines 

from    Herbert,   pa|,'e  9H.]  |  — ||  Boston,  in  N.  Iv      Printed  by  B. 

Green,  |  «Si    •!.    Alien,    for    Michael    Perry,   at    his  |  Shop    at    the 

Town-House.      1  OlMi.      I 'imo.  pp.  32. 

Titlepage,  Hurrouiuled   by   tw(»   border   lines,  rrrso,  "  A    Piip.n.itory 

Thaiiksgiviiig-Song,   fetch'd  |  from   tlie    Beginning   and    CoMcbisioti    of 

the  I  Iluiidn'*!    sind    'I'hinl    P>alm.";    3-32,    ''The  |  Chrisiiaii    Thank- 

OITering,"  liea«lpi<!ce  a  line  of  liordcr  pii-ccs  ;    lnaillineH. 

This  in  fJM!  (•oii\'  mint  idiiid  as  Nd.  los'J  in  ilic  I'.rinlcy  ('ala- 
logiio  (Part  L  MM).  The  name  "  .Icnisha  .Mallier"  (asisler 
of  Cotton)  is  written  near  tlie  hotloni  of  tb..  iiib].;i'^rc. 


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1698. 

A  I  Letter  |  From  a  |  Gentleman  j  of  the  |  City  of  New-York  |  To 
Another,  |  Concerning  the  Troubles  which  happen'd  |  in  That 
Province  in  the  Time  of  the  late  Happy  |  Revolution.  |  —  |  [  De- 
vice, a  collection  of  border  pieces.]  |  —  ||  Printed  and  Sold  by 
William  Bradford  at  the  Sign  of  the  |  P>ible  in  New-York,  1698. 
12mo.  pp.  24. 
Titlepage,  vei'so  blank;  3-16,  Letter,  dated,  "New  York,  December 

31.  1697";  17-18,  "The  King's  Letter,"  Whitehall,  30  July  1689; 

13  [19]-21,  "The  Resolves  of  the  House  of  Repre-  |  sentatives,  &c.," 

of  New  York,  1691  ;    22-24,  "An  Address  to  his  Excellency  Collonel 
I  Slaughter,''  and  an  Order  in  Council,  regarding  Jacob  Leysler. 

This  tract  is  reprinted  by  Edmund  Goldsmid,  of  Edinburgh, 
in  his  "  Collectanea  Adamantsea,"  No.  30. 


1700. 

The   Resolved  |  Christian;  |  Pursuing   the   Designs  of  |  Holiness  and 
Happiness,  |  In   Ordering,  |  First  his  own   Heart  and  Life,  and 
then  I  his    Family.  |  With    further    Directions    upon    the  |  Great 
Points,  I  Of  Spending  our  Time,  &  of  Minding  our  End,  |  and  | 
Of  Behaving  our  selves  well  under  all  |  our  Tryals.  |  —  |  A  Trea- 
tise that  may  be  of  use,  to  persons  |  of  all  Conditions,  and  Espe- 
cially to  be  I  Read  in  Families.  |  —  |  [One  line  of  Latin.]  |  —  || 
To  be  Sold  by  Nicholas  Boone,  at  his  Shop,  |  over  against  the 
Old  Meeting-house  |  in  Boston.      1700.     16mo.  pp.  (1),  128. 
Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  border  line,  verso  blank  ;    1-64,  "  The  | 

Good  Mans  Resolution,"  headpiece,  two  lines  of  border  pieces,  running 

headlines;   65-84,  "  Time  discerned  " ;   85-105,  "The  tryed  Christian. 
I  A  Discourse  delivered,  upon  Recovery  from  |  Sickness";   106-128, 

"  Life  desired.  |  Vpon  the  Death  of  a  Relation,"  running  headlines  with 

variations  in  spelling  and  capitalization. 

This  is  the  copy  mentioned  as  No.  1213  in  the  Brinley  Cata- 
logue (Part  I.  163).  Mr.  Sibley,  in  his  Harvard  Graduates 
(in.  78),  refers  to  this  work  by  Cotton  Mather  as  follows: 
"Trumbull  says  'This  is  identical  —  the  title-page,  and  the 
omission  of  the  errata  and  dedication  excepted  —  with  Small 
Offers,'  etc.     See  No.  11." 

In  addition  to  these  collations  made  by  ^Nlr.  Winship,  he  has 
furnished  me  with  a  short  account  of  some  of  the  more  impor- 

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tant  works  in  Mr.  P.rown's  library,  which  were  printed  at  a 
very  early  period  in  Mexico,  where  a  press  w;is  set  up  fully  a 
century  before  one  was  in  New  Eny;hind.  .Mr.  Winship's 
account  of  iti>  establishment  in  that  country  is  highly  inter- 
esting, and  contains  many  facts  not  generally  known.  His 
letter  is  as  follows:  — 

I'kovidkxce,  December  24,  1898. 

My  i)r,.\K  Du.  Guk.kn,  —  The  accompanying  de^i-riptions  of  eigliteeu 
books,  printed  in  British  America  in  the  .'ieveutecnth  century,  which 
are  not  mentioned  in  your  Lists  nor  in  that  of  Mr.  Paine,  are  taken 
from  copies  in  the  John  Carter  Brown  Library  or  in  the  Harris 
Collection  of  American  Poetry  in  the  Brown  University  Library. 

The  earliest  American  imprint,  —  using  the  word  in  its  more  general 
sense,  —  in  Mr.  Brown's  library  is  the  JJulrifia  Jiieiic  of  1543-44,  a 
religious  manual  prepared  by  Bishop  Ziinuirraga,  the  first  ofticial  head 
of  the  church  in  Mexico,  ''in  plain  language  fur  the  common  people." 
The  imprint  of  this  volume  reads:  Impssa  0  la  misma  ciudad  d* 
Mexico  por  8u  madado  y  a  su  costa.  Ano  d'  M.  d.xliij ;  '' j)rinti'<i  in 
Mexico  by  direction  and  at  the  expense  of  Bishop  Zuiiuirraga  in  lo4.'5." 
This  statement  on  the  title  is  supplemented  by  tlic  colophon,  whicii 
says  that  the  work  was  completed  June  14,  l.'>41  :  Acabo  se  de 
imprimir  a  .  xiiij.  dias  del  mes  de  Junio:  del  aiio  de.  IM.  d.  ijuare  ta  y 
qtro  anos.  The  volume  consists  of  eighty-four  small  (piarto  leaves, 
printed  in  gothic  type. 

S'  Garcia  Icazbalceta,  in  his  admirable  Jh'bltof/rafin  Mexicaiut  i/rl 
Sifjlo  rri,  pritited  in  Mexico  in  isHd,  nu  iitions  three  t-arlier  American 
iniprint.H,  of  which  there  is  reason  to  Kn|(pose  that  copies  are  still  in 
exi8t«nce.  The  earliest  of  these  was  printed  in  Mc.xico  in  1. ').'{'.), 
according  to  a  very  circumstantial  description  of  the  book  in  the  well- 
known  volume  of  Cartas  de  Indins,  issueil  by  the  Spanish  flovernnient, 
from  the  office  of  the  Ministerio  dc  Komento,  in  1H77,  |>age  787.  Un- 
fortunately, the  wlien;aboiits  of  an  original  copy  from  which  this  de- 
scription could  have  been  taken,  has  been  as  yet  successfully  concealed 
or  forgotten.  Of  l\\v.  next  earliest  surviving  product  of  the  Mexican 
jiresB,  two  leaves  are  :ill  that  are  known.  These  clearly  formed  the 
end,  the  l.-mt  three  pages,  of  a  Mnininl  ilr  Adultim  printed  in  l.')4(>. 
They  have  b«;en  reproduced  in  facsimile  IVoni  I  lie  originals  in  the 
library  of  the  l.iie  I).  Pascual  <le  (layiingox,  in  I  lie  piiv.-ilely  printed 
Inlrodiircii/n  dr  In  Imprrntn  ni  Amrn'ra,  tran.'^ialed  by  S'  M.  li.  Zarco 
del  Vulle  from  llarrihsc's  Hihliolhi'tn  Anirn'rttna  I'ctiislissiina.  They 
are  nlH«j  given  in  S'  Ica/balctita's  /ii/ilini/rnf'i'a,  from  a  photolilhograph 
made  by  his  son,  S'  I).  Luis  (iarci'a  I'iiiicnlel,  the  present  possessor  of 
bin    magnificent    library.      The    third    is    an    mccoiihI    of    lln'    terrible 


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Guatemala  earthquake  of  1541,  which  was  printed  in  Mexico  very 
shortly  after  its  occurrence.  A  copy  of  tliis  is  supposed  to  exist  in 
Madrid. 

The  Dotrina  printed  in  the  spring  of  1544  was  the  first  of  a  series 
of  tractates  edited  by  Bishop  Zumarraga,  which  were  issued  during  that 
year.  These  works,  each  of  which  is  in  Mr.  Brown's  library,  com- 
prised the  Tripartito  of  Dr.  Juan  Gerson,  which  contains  the  first 
woodcut  known  to  have  been  printed,  although  not  necessarily  made,  in 
America ;  the  Compendio  Breve  of  Dionisio  Hichel,  in  two  editions,  one 
of  which  is  undated  ;  and  the  Dotrina  Cristiana  of  Fr.  Pedro  de 
Cordoba.  During  the  succeeding  years,  additions  were  made  to  this 
series,  and  of  these  this  library  has  the  Doctrina  Cristiana  of  1540, 
and  the  Regla  Christiaiia  Breve  of  1547.  Two  other  books  printed  in 
America  before  1550  are  also  represented  here.  One  is  a  fragment  of 
a  work  in  the  Mexican  language,  lacking  both  beginning  and  end,  so 
that  there  is  nothing  except  the  internal  evidence  of  type  and  press 
work  to  establish  its  date.  Sr  Icazbalceta  assigned  it,  after  careful 
examination  and  comparison,  to  the  year  1548  or  thereabouts.  The 
other,  of  which  no  copy  was  known  when  the  Bihliografia  was  pub- 
lished, is  a  Copilacion  breue  de  vn  tratado  de  said  Buenauentura  que  se 
llama :  Mistica  tJieologia  .  .  .  impresso  .  .  .  Mexico  :  en  casa  de  Juan 
pablos.  Acabo  se  de  imprimir  a  xxiij.  dias  del  mes  de  Hebrero.  Ano  de 
nra  saluacio  de.  M.  d.  y  quarenta  y  nueue  aiios.    (23  February  1549.) 

A  dictionary  of  the  Spanish  and  Mexican  languages  which  was  com- 
piled by  Fr.  Alonso  de  Molina,  and  printed  in  1555,  is  perhaps  the 
best  known  of  American  iucunahida.  This  work  has  long  enjoyed  a 
reputation  for  extreme  rarity,  and  although  a  number  of  copies  have 
appeared  in  auction  and  bookseller's  catalogues,  there  is  hardly  one  of 
these  which  is  not  described  as  showing  all  the  signs  of  continued  hard 
usage,  resulting  in  the  destruction  of  considerable  portions  of  the 
original  volumes.  Only  one  complete  copy  has  been  reported,  and  this 
was  made  up  from  two  imperfect  copies.  Mr.  Brown's  perfect  copy  is 
preserved  in  what  appears  to  be  a  contemporary  American  binding  of 
wood  covered  with  decorated  leather.  The  Molina  Dictionary  pos- 
sesses much  more  than  a  mere  bibliographic  interest,  in  that  it  is  the 
foundation  for  all  study  of  the  native  speech  of  the  Mexican  aborigines. 
Of  equal  linguistic  value,  and  of  greater  actual  rarity,  is  the  Dictionary 
in  the  Tarascan  language  of  Michuacan,  prepared  by  Fr.  Maturino 
Gilberti  and  published  in  1559.  This  Franciscan  friar  was  one  of  the 
most  productive  and  one  of  the  most  trustworthy  of  the  early  mission- 
aries who  devoted  themselves  to  the  study  of  the  speech  of  the  natives 
among  whom  they  labored.  The  great  j-arity  of  his  works  is  easily 
accounted  for  by  the  usage  to  which  they  must  have  been  put  by  the 
pupils   in   the  missionary  colleges  and  schools    for    whom    they   were 


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printed.  Mr.  Brown  has,  besides  tlie  Dictionary  of  looO,  the  Arte  de 
la  leyua  de  J/ic/itima  and  the  Thesoro  Spiittral,  both  printed  in  1558, 
togeilier  with  the  enlarged  edition  of  the  latter  published  in  1575. 
He  has  also  the  Dialogo  de  Doctrino,  a  folio  volume  of  some  six  hun- 
dred pages,  the  largest  product  from  the  shop  of  IMexico's  lirst  printer, 
who  was  engaged  upon  it  during  the  first  five  months  of  1559.  This 
set  of  Gilberti's  works  is  supplemented  by  three  manuscript  volumes, 
written  by  him,  or  by  a  scribe  at  his  dictation,  containing  a  portion  of  a 
dictionary  in  Tarascan  and  a  number  of  sermons  in  that  language. 

The  earliest  American  printed  code  of  laws,  the  Ordena^as  y  copi- 
lacion  de  leyrs  pu])lislied  by  "  the  good  viceroy  "  D.  Antonio  de  Men- 
doza  in  154S,  is  represented  by  an  edition  which  formed  one  of  an 
interesting  series  of  reprints  of  early  works  on  Mexican  history  wiruli 
were  issued  in  the  form  of  feuilletons  with  the  IMexican  newspaper  Jai 
Sistenia  /*o«^i/ during  the  spring  of  18cS().  This  code  was  followed  in 
155G  by  the  important  Coiistitun'oiies  del  Ar^'obispado  i/  prouiiict'a  de  la 
mwj  ynsigne  y  mny  leal  ciudad  de  Tenuxtitla  jMexico,  which  concerned 
the  populace  almost  as  much  as  any  purely  civil  ordinances.  Puga's 
Cedulario  or  collection  of  royal  orders  directed  to  the  government  of 
New  Spain,  was  printed  in  15G3.  This  volume  is  a  most  valuable 
source  of  materials  for  the  study  of  the  Spanish  domination  in  Anu-rica. 
Its  aggravating  omissions  and  blundering  misprints  in  names  and  dates 
render  it  an  unsafe  reliance  in  studying  the  period  preceding  its  appear- 
ance. During  the  succeeding  decades,  however,  it  was  tli«'  standard 
handbook  for  tlie  administrators  and  the  legislators  of  Spanish  Mexico, 
and  their  actions,  except  for  such  supplementary  legislation  as  came  to 
their  attention,  were  based  upon  its  pages.  As  so  often  happens,  the 
fame  of  this  volume  and  ius  reputed  rarity  liav(;  led  to  the  discovery  of  a 
consideral)le  nuinlier  (if  copies  of  tlie  urigiiial  edition. 

The  most  splendi<l  product  of  tlie  .Mexicmi  jiress.  a  volume  whose 
pre-eminence  has  been  rliallenged  <»iil\  two  or  llnce  times  (luring  the 
three  and  a  half  ('ciitiirics  wliicli  have  |ias>c(|  since  its  |Mii)licalion.  is 
th(!  Miss(de  liiiiiiiiiiiiiii  I hdiiiiiriinii,  jpiiiited  in  the  ciiy  of  Mexico  in 
15f,  I.  It  is  a  magiiilicent  folio  volume  of  o.lO  leaves,  printed  in  red 
and  black,  with  liisloriated  initials  and  occasional  woodcut  borders,  and 
the  necessary  musical  notations. 

The  establiHhnient  of  a  printing  press  in  America  was  deteiiiiine(l 
upon,  in  all  probability,  at  one;  of  the  fre(pn'nt  conferences  held  in 
Spain  ihiring  the  winter  of  1."».'{.'!-.'I  I,  between  tim  viceroy-elect  .and  the 
bishop-elect  of  N(!W  Spain.  I'on  Anlonio  de  .MciKJo/a  and  i-'ray  .Iii.an 
fl»5  Ziimarraga.  Negociations  were  entered  into  with  a  leading  Sevillian 
printer,  .luan  ( 'rondierger,  who  agreed  to  organize  a  Itranch  of  his 
eBtabliuhmenl  in  the  city  o(  Mexico.     Tvpe  and  press  were  selected  and 


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shipped  to  Vera  Cruz,  most  probably  on  the  spring  voyage  of  lo36. 
It  is  supposed  that  Juan  Pablos,  a  native  of  Brescia  in  Lombardy, 
accompanied  the  outfit  as  Crond)erger's  representative,  and  that  he  took 
charge  of  the  American  branch  of  the  business.  He  may  have  had  with 
him  as  an  assistant,  Esteban  Martin,  whose  name  appears  on  the  town 
records  of  Mexico  as  an  applicant  for  citizenship  in  1539,  with  the  de- 
scriptive appelkition  "  iinprimidor."  This  is  several  years  earlier  than 
the  first  recorded  mention  of  Pablos. 

As  soon  as  the  press  was  ia  running  order  in  the  New  World,  it 
was  found  that  the  supply  of  paper  brought  from  Spain  was  barely 
sufficient  for  the  official  circulars,  announcements,  and  similar  work  of 
transient  but  instant  iniport;uice.  This  is  presumably  the  reason  why 
one  or  possibly  two  religious  manuals  in  the  native  language  were  the 
only  productions,  of  sufficient  size  to  be  called  books,  which  were 
printed  prior  to  the  surviving  publications  already  mentioned.  A 
similar  difficulty,  due  to  the  distance  from  the  source  of  supply,  appar- 
ently arose  during  the  printing  of  the  Missale  of  15GI.  An  examination 
of  different  parts  of  that  volume  shows  that  the  stock  of  red  ink  gave 
out  while  the  volume  was  on  the  press,  and  rather  than  submit  to  the 
long  delay  before  a  fresh  importation  from  Europe  could  arrive,  the 
printer  prol)ably  attempted  to  manufacture  something  which  would 
supply  the  deficiency.  This,  at  least,  is  the  most  plausible  explanation 
of  the  noticeable  deterioration  and  the  varying  quality  of  the  red  with 
which  the  later  pages  of  the  work  were  printed. 

Juan  Cromberger  died  in  1540,  but  his  American  establishment  con- 
tinued for  four  years  to  issue  its  works  "  from  the  house  of  Cromberger." 
In  1542,  his  heirs  secured  a  renewal  or  an  enrollment  of  their  privileges, 
by  which  they  were  entitled  to  charge  a  quarter  of  a  real  for  each 
printed  sheet,  and  to  receive  an  allowance  of  one  hundred  per  cent 
upon  all  books  imported  from  Europe,  in  consideration  for  the  main- 
tenance of  their  press  in  the  New  World.  But  the  Mexican  office,  de- 
prived of  the  oversight  and  direction  of  the  Sevilliau  master  })rinter, 
appears  to  have  deteriorated  to  some  extent  in  the  years  following  his 
death.  The  prompt  supply  of  paper  from  P^urope  was  neglected, 
resulting  in  the  temporary  stoppage  of  the  press  in  Mexico,  and  other 
signs  show  that  the  business  suffered  from  the  absence  of  active  inter- 
ested management.  As  a  result  of  these  circumstances,  the  heirs  of 
Cromberger  were  induced  to  exchange  their  printing  plant  for  other 
forms  of  American  investment,  and  the  type  and  press  became  the 
property  of  Juan  Pablos.  The  negociations  must  have  lasted  over 
tliree  years,  from  the  end  of  1544,  when  Cromberger's  name  appeared 
for  the  last  time  in  an  American  imprint,  until  1548,  when  that  of 
Pablos  was  used  for  the  first  time.  In  the  interim,  such  books  as  the 
latter  printed  were  published  without  the  name  of  the  printer. 


')0 


For  ten  years  Pablos.  whose  Italian  name  may  have  been  Paoli,  con- 
ducted the  business  without  a  rival.  During  this  period  he  published 
twenty-five  volumes  which  have  survived  to  the  present  day.  These 
included,  besides  the  linguistic  works  used  by  the  missionaries  and  their 
pupils,  a  number  of  treatises,  among  wliich  were  tour  very  learned 
works  from  the  pen  of  Fr.  Alonso  de  la  Vera  Cruz,  for  use  in  the 
uewl}-  organized  University  of  Mexico.  One  of  these  volumes,  the  Latin 
"Dialiigues"  written  by  Cervantes  Salazar  in  1554,  which  have  been 
reprinted  with  a  Spanish  translation  by  SI  Icazbalceta,  contains  an  ex- 
tremely interesting  description  of  the  new  University,  as  well  as  of 
other  portions  of  the  city  of  Mexico.  In  tlie  colophon  to  another  of 
his  volumes,  the  Constitnciunes  del  Argobi'spado,  Pablos  stated  that  this 
was  '*  printed  by  Juan  Pablos  of  Lombardy,  the  first  printer  in  this 
large,  magnificent  and  very  loyal  city  of  Mexico,  10  February  155G." 
This  statement  is  the  principal  authority  for  supposing  that  Pablos 
came  from  Spain  in  15.3(>  in  chari,'e  of  Cromberger's  establishment. 

Tiie  |)ublishing  l)usiness  seems  to  have  been  a  profitable  one,  for  in 
1558  Antonio  de  Espinosa,  a  citizen  of  ^Mexico,  presented  himself 
before  the  Spanish  court  with  a  petition  in  which  he  begged  that  the 
exclusive  privileges  granted  to  Pablos  by  the  Viceroys  might  be  annulled, 
on  the  ground  that  this  monopoly  stifled  competition  and  so  prevented 
the  Mexicans  from  securing  as  good  work  as  might  and  should  be  done 
in  the  New  World,  and  that  the  prices  for  printing  wvw.  maintained  at 
an  excessive  figure.  Espinosa  appears  to  have  had  friends  at  court,  for 
an  order  was  promptly  issued  in  which  the  viceroy  was  directed  to 
al>olish  the  nionopolv,  declaring  that  the  tra<le  of  |)rinting  should 
thenceforth  remain  free  and  open  to  anyone  who  d»;sired  to  follow  it,  as 
was  tlie  case  in  Spain.  Further  instructions  accompanied  this  order, 
dire<!ting  the  viceroy  to  provide  a  suitable  estate  for  Espinosa,  to  include 
u  town  lot  on  wliich  he  could  erect  bis  printing  house,  and  to  assist  him 
in  any  othi-r  ways  uliidi  niiiihl  advance  the  interests  of  tho  new 
eHtabliKliment. 

Es|»inosa'.s  name  and  piiiiler's  mark  a|ipe;ircii  for  tlie  first  tiuie  on  a 
Latin  grammar  by  1''  (iiliierti  priiitid  in  i.").V.I.  the  work  being  a  dis- 
tinct improvement  upon  any  of  the  productions  of  i'ablos.  This  initial 
ftuccesH  was  followed  by  a  more  serious  undertaking,  most  a<imiral»ly 
accomplished,  the  splendid  Missuir  liiniiitnuin^  which  was  completed  in 
.Septeml)er,  15(»l.  Espinosii  continued  for  fifteen  years  to  print  nntny 
of  thfi  moHt  interesting  and  most  important  works  puldislnd  in  the  New 
World. 

The  naruir  of  I'ablos  appeared  for  the  last  lime  on  a  IhjoU  piinted  in 
15G0.  Three  yotirH  later,  tin;  type  which  he  had  used  reappe.ir.s  on  tho 
pjigfjn  of  Puga'rt  Cedulario^  whi<li  was  printed  by  I*e«hd  ( )chart(!. 
Oclmrtc   conchictcd   this   businens    tor    thirty    yearu    with    consitUtrablo 


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success.  After  Espinosa  retired,  in  1575,  Ocharte  probably  bought  at 
least  the  most  important  portion  of  his  stock,  including  the  type  and 
wood  blocks  used  in  the  Missale  of  1561,  for  these  reappear  in  the 
Psalterio  and  the  Antiphonarium  printed  by  Ocharte  in  1584  and  1589. 
During  the  last  two  years  of  the  century,  the  business  was  transferred 
to  his  son,  Melchior  Ocharte,  who  moved  the  establishment  to  the 
Franciscan  college  at  Tlaltelolco  Mexico,  where  he  continued  to  issue 
school  books,  religious  tracts,  and  other  ajjproved  publications,  well 
into   the  seventeenth   century, 

Pedro  Balli's  name  first  appears  as  the  printer  of  a  book  printed  in 
1574,  the  year  jireceding  the  retirement  of  Espinosa.  His  shop  con- 
tinued in  active  operation  until  1600,  the  most  important  issues  being 
linguistic  works,  none  of  which  possess  any  especial  typographic 
interest. 

Italy  furnished  the  first  printer  for  South,  as  for  North  America. 
Antonio  Ricardo  of  Turin,  whose  name  at  home  may  have  been  Ricci- 
ardi,  set  up  a  press  in  Mexico,  next  the  Jesuit  college  of  Saints  Peter 
and  Paul,  during  the  year  1577.  He  printed  one  or  two  noteworthy 
volumes,  but  his  time  was  chiefly  occupied  in  providing  text  books  for 
the  pupils  in  the  college  under  the  supervision  of  their  Jesuit  instructors. 
Needless  to  say,  almost  none  of  these  has  survived.  The  two  or  three 
copies  which  are  known  have  been  brought  to  light  since  the  publication 
of  S^  Icazbalceta's  Bibliografia,  through  the  researches  of  Dr.  Nicolas 
Leon,  the  Mexican  student  of  this  generation  who  most  nearly  succeeds 
to  S"!  Icazbalceta's  position  in  the  fields  of  bibliography  and  of  history. 
In  1579,  Ricardo  removed  his  stock-in-trade  to  Peru,  where  he  estab- 
lished at  Lima  the  first  American  press  outside  of  Mexico,  I  have 
been  unable  as  yet  to  secure  any  good  account  of  the  works  issued  from 
his  press  or  from  those  of  his  successors  in  the  Southern  Continent, 

Trusting  that  I  have  answered  your  queries  satisfactorily,  I  am 

Very  faithfully  yours 

Geouge  Parker  Winship. 
Hon.  Samuel  A.  Green,  LL.D., 

Massachusetts  Historical  Society, 
Boston. 


Since  the  foregoing  paper  was  presented  to  the  Society,  I 
have  availed  mj^self  of  the  opportunity  to  add  a  supplement- 
ary list  gathered  from  various  sources  which  liave  been 
carefully  noted.  These  titles  add  materially  to  our  present 
knowledge  of  earl}^  Colonial  printing,  a  subject  of  growing 
interest  and  importance. 


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In  tlie  library  of  the  Pioston  Athena?uni  is  a  bound  volume 
of  "  The  General  La\A's  and  Liberties  of  the  Massachusetts 
Colony  "  ( ICT'J ),  which  contains  at  the  end  numerous  Sessions 
laws,  broadsides,  etc.,  besides  nianuscri])t  copies  of  early  laws. 
The  book  once  belonged  to  Elisha  Hutchinson,  grandfather  of 
Governor  Thomas  Hutchinson  ;  and  the  manuscript  is  prob- 
ablvMiis  handwriting.  See  Collections  (third  series,  VHI.  195) 
for  an  account  of  the  volume.  A  description  of  these  titles, 
so  far  as  they  have  not  been  duplicated  in  preceding  lists,  is 
as  follows  :  — 

1674. 

Orders,  |  Marie  at  a  |  General  Court  |  held  at  Boston  January  the  G"'. 

1G73.  I  And   Printed  by  their   Order.  |  Edwurtl    Kawson   Se(M-et. 

4to.  1  p. 
Page  13,  text,  verso  blank  ;   headpiece,  below  the  headline,  a  line  of 
border  pieces,  and  a  line  of  similar  pieces  inverted  ;  about  admiralty 
cases,  and  allowance  for  "  Posts  ^' ;   "Finis"  at  the  bottom. 

1675. 

[Ordrr  of  the  Council,  August  .JO.  1G7.').]  Broadside.  4to, 
A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  top  of  the  page  ;  "  At  a  |  Council  | 
Held  in  Boston  August  the  thirtieth  lG7iV;  says,  "The  Covncil  ludg- 
iiig  it  of  Absolute  necessity  for  the  Security  of  the  Englisli,  and  the 
Indians  that  ate  in  Amity  with  us,  tliat  they  be  Kesfiayned  tlieir  usual 
Commerce  willi  tlie  Knglisb.  and  biniliiig  in  tlie  AVnods,  during  the 
time  of  Hostility  with  those  that  are  our  Enemies;  Do  Onh-r"  that 
those  In«lians  who  are  "  Eaithfull  to  the  English,  he  confiiie<l  to  their 
several  Plantations  under  wriiicn  "  [the  places  of  the  "  IiichaMs  Kesi- 
dencieH,"  "  Natiek,  PuiKjUupaog,  Nashoba,  Wamesit  and  Ihissani- 
mesit  "]  ;  further  "that  they  so  order  the  setting  of  their  Wigwams 
that  they  may  stand  ("ompact  in  s(»me  one  part  of  their  Plant'itions  *' ; 
"  that  none  of  tln-ui  do  presume  to  Travaih'  above  one  mile  from  (he 
Center  of  Kuih  their  dwellings,  unless  in  Company  of  some  Engli.-li  ""  ; 
that  they  shall  not  "  r-niertain  any  strange  Indians,  or  receive  any  of 
tiur  Enemies  Plunder'';  that  '"any  Irnlian  I  ravelling  or  skulking  in 
any  f)f  our  Towns  or  Woods,  eonlrarv  to  the  limits  aliovename«I '' 
"  shall  be  captured  or  killed;  further  that  any  Itidians  "that  belong 
to  any  other  PlantatioiiH,  they  are  to  repair  to  some  on«>  of  iheso  " 
fir«t  m«'nlioiied  ;  signi-d  "  By  the  (  miticil   I'.dw.nd   IJawsoii  Secrl.'' 


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1676. 

[Order  of  the  Council,  April  4,  1G76.]     Broadside.     4to. 

A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  top  of  the  paue ;  "At  a  |  Council  | 
Held  at  Boston  April  the  4th.  1676"  ;  order  that  "  the  Select  Men  in 
each  Town  shall  immediately  .  .  .  apply  themselves  with  all  diligence 
to  take  a  particular  account  of  all  Persons  and  Families  so  coming  unto 
them,"  those  who  "  are  retired  from  out  Towns  into  the  nearer  Towns, 
and  there  make  their  present  abode  "  ;  requiring  the  selectmen  to  "  be 
fully  informed  of  their  state  and  way  of  living,  and  how  they  dispose 
of  themselves  " ;  and  "  to  take  effectual  care  that  the  Incomers  afore- 
said settle  themselves,  or  be  by  them  settled  in  some  orderly  and 
diligent  way  of  Imployment  and  Government,  especially  single  and 
younger  persons,  who  are  all  of  them  hereby  required  to  yield  Obedi- 
ence"; signed  "  By  the  Council  |  Edward  Rawson  Seer," 

[Order  of  the  General  Court,  May  3,  1676.]     Broadside.     4to. 

A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  top  of  the  page ;  "  At  a  |  General 
Covrt  I  Held  at  Boston  May  the  3d,  1676  "  ;  "  For  the  preventing  of 
Injustice,  and  Inequality  in  the  discharge,  and  payment  of  Disburse- 
ments made  by  any  particular  persons,  or  Towns  for  the  Carrying  on 
this  present  Warr,"  it  is  ordered  ;  "  that  a  Committee  shall  be  Chosen 
in  each  County,  to  Examine  the  Rates  put  upon  all  manner  of  things 
used  or  Expended  for  the  Publick,  and  to  View  the  particular  Bils 
allowed  by  the  Militia  of  each  Town  for  Expences,  until  the  first  of 
this  Instant "  ;  and  "  the  Committees  abovesaid  are  hereb}'  Ordered  to 
Choose  one  man  from  among  themselves,  in  every  of  the  Countyes, 
who  shall  meet  at  Boston  the  first  fourth  day  in  July  next,  and  bring 
with  them  the  Accounts  allowed  and  passed  in  the  several  Countyes," 
"  whose  Act  .  .  .  shall  be  a  sufiicieut  warrant  for  their  allowance  in 
payment  of  the  County  Rate.     The  names  of  the  Committees  are. 

For  Suffolke,  Capt.  Fisher,  Deacon  Parkes,  Mr.  Stoddard. 

For  Essex,  Major  Appleton,  Mr.  Bartholomew,  Ens.  Fuller. 

For  Middlesex,  Capt.  Hammond,  Leiut.  Johnson,  Mr.  Joseph  Cook. 

For  Norfolke,  Mr.  Dalton,  Ens.  Buswil,  Lieut.  Brown. 

For  Hampshire,  Capt.  Holliock,  Leiut.  Clarke,  Deacon  Tilton." 
Usual  ending  cut  off. 

[Order  of  the  General  Court,  May  3,  1676.]     Broadside.     4to. 

A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  top  of  the  page ;  ''  At  a  |  General 
Court  I  Held  at  Boston  the  3''  of  May  |  1676";  the  "Court  taking 
into  Consideration  the  great  Disappointment  the  Countrey  hath  suft'red 
by  reason  of  non-appearance  of  Souldiers  Lnpressed  for  several  expe- 
ditions:   Do  judge  meet  "  that  such  persons  shall  pay  fines,  —  "every 

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siii-h  Foot  Souldier  .  .  .  four  Pounds,  and  every  Trooper  .  .  .  six 
Pounds,"  and  if  their  neglect  or  refusal  "  be  accompanied  with  Refrac- 
toriness, Reriectiou  or  Contempt  upon  Authority,  such  persons  shall  be 
punished  with  Death,  or  some  other  grievous  punishment  "  ;  and  re- 
tjuire  the  •'  Conimiitee  of  Militia  in  the  several  Towns'"  to  take  charge 
of  the  matter  ;  the  Council  being  given  discretion  to  decide  cases  upon 
{>etitiou  ;  signed  ''  By  the  Court  Edward  Kawson  Seer." 

1677. 

[Order  of  the  Council,  March  29,  1677.]     Broadside.     4to. 

A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  top  of  the  page  ;  "  At  a  Cour[t]  |  Held 
at  Boston  in  |  N.-w-Kngl[aiid]  the  29"'-  of  March,  [1077]":  "The 
Council  being  informed  that  se[veral]  strange  Indians,  who  have  been  iu 
Hostility  against  us  or  have  liveil  amongst  such,  are  bmught  into  this 
Jurisdiction,  and  bought  by  several  persons,  wliiih  causeili  much 
trouble  and  fear  to  the  Inhabitants  where  they  reside,  and  may  be  of 
dangerous  conse(iuence,  not  only  to  the  Towns  where  they  live,  but  to 
the  whole  .Jurisdiction,  if  not  timely  prevented  '"  ;  do  order  "that  what 
person  soever  .  .  .  shall  hereafter  buy  or  keep  above  ten  dayes  after 
the  publication  hereof,  any  such  Indian,  Man  or  Woman  already 
bought,  aljove  the  age  of  twelve  years,  without  allowance  from  Author- 
ity, shall  besides  the  forfeit  of  such  Indian  or  Indians,  pay  the  line  of 
five  pounds  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  Country  '  ;  signed  "  \'>y  the 
Council,   Edward  Hawson  Seer'.'' 

[Order  of  the  Council,  April  9,  1G77.]      Broadside.      4to. 

A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  top  of  the  page  ;  "  At  a  Covncil  | 
Held  at  Boston  the  !>th.  of  April,  1077  "  ;  "  The  Covncil  being  informed, 
that  among  other  Evils  that  are  prevailing  among  us,  in  this  day  of 
our  Calamity,  there  is  practised  by  some  that  vanity  of  Horse  racing, 
for  mony,  or  monycs  worth,  thereby  occasioning  much  misspence  of 
preti(MiH  time,  and  the  drawing  of  many  persons  from  the  duty  of 
their  particidar  Callings,  with  the  hazard  of  their  Limbs  and  Lives"; 
do  order  the  "practice  in  that  kind  "'  u>  be  stoppecl  "williin  four  miles 
«)f  any  Tow  II,  or  i[n]  any  Ilighwav  i<v  ( 'oiiiiiiuii  K'd.lc,  ..n  penalty  of 
fi>r(i<*tiiig  twenty  Shillings  [a-]piece,  nor  shall  any  (iame  or  run  in 
that  kind  for  .inv  inunv,  or  nionyes  woijlh|  upon  |ienalty  of  forlieting 
Treble  the  vhIiii-  iliiriof,  one  li;iif  to  lin-  parly  i(  n  )rorming,  and  iho 
other  half  to  the  Tre.isiiry '' ;  "Dateil  the  ninth  of  April,  1(077]  | 
By  the  Coimcil  |  Edward  Baw.son  Se[cr.J  ;  "  closely  Irimnud  on  the 
righl-iiund  edge. 


27 
1678. 

[Order  of  the  Council,  March  28,  1678.]     Broadside.     4to. 

A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  top  of  the  page  :  "  At  a  |  Council  | 
Held  at  Boston,  March  28.  1678.";  an  order  declaring  that  all  persona 
who  shall  "  henceforth  presume  to  shoot  off  any  Gun  or  Guns,  charged 
with  Bullet  or  Bullets,  Swan,  Goose,  or  other  shot  towards  any  Mark 
or  place  that  the  Militia  in  such  Town  or  Towns  have  not  appointed  ; 
or  so  near  or  into  any  House,  Barn,  Garden,  Orchards  or  High-wayes 
in  any  town  or  towns  of  this  Jurisdiction,  whereby  any  person  or  per- 
sons shall  or  may  be  killed,  wounded  or  otherwise  damaged  .  .  .  shall 
be  liable  to  answer  it"  as  murderers  or  otherwise  ;  further  that  "where 
either  they  be  Servants  or  Youths  .  .  .  Parents  or  masters  shall  be 
liable  to  make  full  and  due  satisfaction " ;  signed  "  By  the  Council, 
Edward  Rawson  Seer'." 

Several  |  Laws  and  Orders  |  Made   at  the   second   Sessions   of  the  ] 
General   Court  |  Held  at   Boston,  October   2^^-  1678.  |  And  pub- 
lished  by  their   Order.  |  Edward  Rawson   Seer.     No   titlepage. 
4to.  pp.  61-64. 
A   cut   of  the  Colonial   arms  at   the   top   of  page  61  ;  61-64,  text, 

relating  to  the  oath  of  allegiance,  treason,  military  companies,  clerk  of 

the  writs,  and  law  of  exportation  ;  various  headlines  ;  "  Finis  "  between 

two  rules. 

1679. 

Several  |  Laws  and  Orders  |  Made  at  the  first  Sessions  of  the  |  Gen- 
eral Court  I  Held  at  Boston,  May  28.  1679,  and  published  by 
their  Order.  |  Edward  Rawson  Secretary.  No  titlepage.  4to. 
pp.  65-[6S].  • 

A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  the  top  of  page  65  ;  60  and  three 
unnumbered  pages,  text,  relating  to  training  days,  size  of  bricks,  fish- 
ing trade,  book-debts,  letters  of  attorney,  listing  troopers,  building 
meeting  houses,  deserted  towns  and  new  jjlantations,  and  imposts. 

Several  |  Laws  and  Orders  |  Made  at  the  second  Sessions  of  the  | 
General  Court  |  Holden  at  Boston  Octob.  15.  1679.  and  Printed 
by  their  Order,    |   Edward   Rawson    Seer.     No   titlepage.     4to. 
pp.  69-72. 
A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  top  of  the  first  page  ;    69-72,  text, 
page  70  misnumbered  "  69,"  relating  to  Sabbath  breaking,  new  build- 
ings in  Boston,  tythingmen,  ordinary-keepers,  military  service,  alarms, 
drummers,  impost,  verdict  of  jury,  and  weights  and  measures ;  various 
headlines. 


28 


i68o. 


Several  |  Laws    and    Orders  |  Made   at    a  |  General   Court  |  Held   at 

lioston,  February  tlie  4tli.  H'<i^,  \  Kdward  Hawsoii  Secretary.     No 

titlepage.      Ito.  |ip.  71-7"). 

First  pajje  blank;  a  cut   of  Colonial   arms   at  the   top  of  page  74  ; 

74—7.3,  text,    relating    to    order    for    elections,   captains'   commissions, 

and   tythiiiginen  ;    headlines;   verso  of  page   7o   blank. 

Several  |  Laws  and  Orders  |  Made  at  the  first  Sessions  of  the  |  Gen- 
eral Court  I  for  |  Elections  |  Held  at  Boston,  May  19th.  1C80.  | 
And   pul)lished  by   their   Order;  |  ?>d\vard    Rawson,    Seer'.     No 
titlepage.     4 to.  pp.  2. 
First  page  blank  ;  a  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  top  of  the  second 

page ;  2  pp.  text,  relating  to  commissions,  buildings,  and  standard  for 

measures  ;    headlines  ;  fourth  page  blank. 

Several  |  Laws  and  Orders  |  Made  at  the  second   Sessions  of  |  The 
General   Court  |  Held  at    Boston,   Octob.   13.    1680.     And    Pub- 
lished  by    their   Order.  |  Edward    Rawson   Seer'.      No    titlepage. 
4to.  pp.  77-79. 
A  cut  of  the  Colonial   arms  at  tlie  top  of  piige  77  ;   77-79,  text,  re- 
lating to  musters  of  vessels,  troopers,  elections,  rating  of  eattle,  gagers, 
and  clerks  of  the  writs;  various  headlines;  verso  of  79  blank. 


l68l. 

[r)rder  of  the  General  ("<turt,  ."\I;irrli   1,  KiSd.]      Broadside.       Ito. 

A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  to|)  of  the  page  ;  "At  a  Sessions  of 
the  I  (ieneral  Court  |  Held  ft  Boston  tlie  4"'^  of  March  |  1 GSO  "  ;  an 
order,  owing  to  a  "  misuiMlerstanding  of  the  Laws  formerly  made 
against  selling  Arms  anil  Ammunition  to  Indians,"  reviving  "  that 
Law  Tit.  Indians,  Sect.  2.  strictly  inhibiting  all  I'ersons  from  Giving, 
Selling,  Bartering  directly  or  indirectly  "  the  same  ;  "  Brovided  alwayes, 
that  it  shall  Ix;  lawful  for  our  ( 'oniiiiissioiiers  of  the  Co|oii\cs,  for  the 
time  lieing,  bv  Note  undtr  tli<ir  hands,  to  allow  to  our  rrinid  Indians, 
for  necessary  use,  sniull  i|u:intitvcs,  not  excredin;^  ball'  .i  pound  of 
Br)wder  to  one  man  at  one  time,  and  proportionably  Shot  or  Lcul  ;  " 
Higned  "  By  the  ("ovrl,   I'.dward   iiawson  Seer'." 

Severnl  |  Laws  and  ( )rder«  |  Made;  at  the*  Sover.il  |  ( tenend  Courts  | 

Held  in    Boston    in    ihc    Years    If.HO,    IfiHI,   |  AimI     I'ublished    by 

thfir    Or«ler  :  |  Edward    Itawson    Secretary.  No   titlepage.     4to. 
pp   H7-92. 


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A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  the  top  of  page  87 ;  87-89,  text, 
relating  to  troopers,  rates  on  cattle,  collections  of  rates  and  fines,  loaf- 
bread  bakers,  judgments  of  the  County  Court,  executions  on  estates, 
Indians;  89-90,  "February  15,  1G81.  |  For  the  Satisfaction  of  |  Ilis 
Majesty  |  And  the  better  Regulating  of  the  Navigation  and  Trade  ] 
of  this  Jurisdiction :  |  And  in  Pursuance  of  a  Law  made  October  the 
tenth  One  thousand  six  hundred  ]  seventy  seven.  Referring  thereunto  "  ; 
91,  weights,  and  amendments  to  laws;  various  headlines;  "Finis"  be- 
low a  line  of  border  pieces. 

1682. 

[Order  of  the  General  Court,  May  24,  1682.]     Broadside.      12mo. 

"At  a  I  General  Court  |  Held  at  Boston,  May  24'"-  1682";  the 
"  Court  taking  into  consideration  the  freciuent  Exportation  of  our  New 
England  Coyne  out  of  the  Country,  whereby  Commerce  and  Trade  is 
very  much  Obstructed  ;  As  an  Expedient  to  keep  Money  in  the  Coun- 
try "  ;  do  order  "  that  all  Pieces  of  Eight,  as  Pillar,  Sevil,  and  JNIexico 
Coyne,  that  are  good  Silver,  shall  pass  amongst  us  as  currant  Money  of 
New-England  according  to  their  weight  in  the  present  Kew-England 
Coyne";  signed  "  By  the  Court,  |  Edward  Rawson  Seer." 

Several  (  Laws  |  Made  at  the  second  Session  of  the  |  General  Court 

I  Held  at  Boston,   October    11.    1682.  |  And    Printed   by    their 

Order,  |  Edward  Rawson  Seer'.     No  titlepage.     4to.  pp.  93-96. 

A  cut  of  the  Colonial   arms   at  the  top  of  page  93  ;  93-96,  text, 

relating  to  mariners,  attachments,  idle  persons,  rate  for  pieces  of  eight, 

trading  in  the  "  Precincts  of  Canada  or  Accadye  "  without  license,  swine, 

damaged  goods,  land  grants,  and  deeds  of  sale  ;  various  headlines. 

An  I  Order  |  for  regulating  Constables  Payments,  |  And  for  the  Rating 

of  Unimproved  Lands ;  and  Relating  to  |  Troopers,  INIade  at  the 

second  Session  of  the  ]  General  Covrt  |  Held  at  Boston,  Octob.  11. 

1682.  I  Edward  Rawson  Seer'.     No  titlepage.     4to.  pp.  2. 

First  page  blank;  a  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  top  of  the  second 

page  ;  2  pp.  text ;  fourth  page  blank. 


1683. 

Several  [  Laws  |  made  at  the  |  General  Court  |  Called  and  Held  at 
Boston  on  the  seventh  of  February,  and  |  Continued  by  Adjourn- 
ment to  tlie  thirty  first  of  March  1G83.  |  And  by  their  Order 
Printed  and  Publislied ;  |  By  Edward  Rawson  Secretary.  No 
titlepage.     4 to.  pp.  97-99. 


30 

A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  the  top  of  page  07  ;  97-99,  text, 
relating  to  mines.  Naval  Otlice,  trading  with  ships  outside  the  harbor, 
freemen,  and  commissioDS ;  various  headlines;  rerso  of  page  97  blank. 

[Order  of  the  General  Court.  May  It'..  IC.s;;.]      Broadsido.     8vo. 

A  cut  of  the  C\)lonial  arms  at  the  top  of  thu  page ;  "  At  a  |  General 
Court  I  Held  at  Boston  May.  IG.  1G83."  :  "the  Court  Considering 
that  Cattle  are  Rated  to  the  Countrey  at  a  greater  value  than  they 
will  yield  from  Man  to  Man  " ;  do  "  Order,  that  henceforth  all  Neat 
Cattle"  shall  be  rated,  "Oxen  at  four  years  old  and  above,"  three 
pound:^.  "  Cows  and  Steers  at  three  years  and  above."  forty  shillings, 
"all  of  two  years  old,"  thirty  shillings,  "  Yearlinjrs,"  fifteen  shillings, 
and  "Swine  at  a  year  old,"  ten  shillings;  signetl  "  By  the  Court  |  Ed- 
ward Hawsoii  Secrt." 

Several  |  L:iws  |  Ma<le  at  the  second  sessions  of  the  |  General  Court  | 
Held   at    Boston   October   10.    1683.     And  |  Published    by   their 
Order  :  j  Edward  Rawson  Seer.     No  titlepage.     4to.  pp.  98-99. 
First  page  blank ;  a  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  the  top  of  page  98  ; 
98-99,  text,  relating  to  public  charges,  grammar  and  writing  schools, 
innkeepers,   and   servants   ''  by    execution  "  ;    headlines  ;    fourth    page 
blank. 

[Order  of  the  (ifiicral  Court,  Novemixr  7,  1  i'lS.'i. j  Bioatlside.  -Ito. 
A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  the  top  of  the   page;  "  At  a  Special 

I  General  Court  |  Held  at  Boston  Novcnil).  7.  ir.8;r';  the  "Court 
bi;ing  sensibh'  of  the  Great  Ruines  in  Boston  by  Fire,  at  sundry  times, 
an<l  hazard  still  of  tin;  same,  by  reason  of  the  joyning  and  nearness 
of  the  Buildings:  For  the  prevention  of  Damage  and  loss  thereby  for 
the  future,"  do  order  that  no  liuililinij  shall  henceforth  be  "Erected 
and  8«!t  up  in  Boston,  except  of  Stone,  ov  Brick,  and  covered  with 
Slate  or  Tyle,"  on  penalty  of  forfeiting  one;  hundi'ed  pounds  ;  "  the 
Constables,  and  (Jrand-jiiry-njen  of  the  said  Town,  are  to  take  care  of 
the  Execution  of  this  Order";  further  that  the  Selectmen  are  to  .settle 
the  (piCHtion  of  boundari«'s  of  lands  ol-  such  persons  whose  Houses  have 
burnt  down  in  the  late  Fins";   and  "  the  Law  Title  New  Buildings  in 

Boston,  rajwle  <  )«;tob.  I.').  1(;79.  is  herel>y  Repealed  respecting  Buihlings 
to  be  I*><!Cl«;d  "  ;   signed  "  I'.y  the  Ciuirt    Fduaid   Kauson  Seer'." 

1684. 

[Order  of  the  Genr-ral  Coiirl.  i''el)ruary   l.'i,  ir,s;.]     Itroudside.     Hvo. 

A  cut  of  the  ('<(lonial  arms  at  the  top  of  the  pa;.'e  ;  "  At  a  |  (Jenc'ral 
Court  I  on  Afljournnienf.  Hei,|  at  I'.osirm  |  I'"eb.  13  1  OH ;  "  ;  an  ord<T 
'•lor  InconraL'cne  III  t<>  I'liiild  in   I'lnst.m  with    I'liirk    and    Stone    .accord- 


31 

iug  to  a  Law  made  the  last  Session  ;  As  an  Addition  to  the  said  Law  " 
saying  "  that  whosoever  shall  so  Build,  shall  have  liberty  to  set  half 
his  Partition- Wall  in  his  Neighbours  Ground,  leaving  Jagges  in  the 
Corners  of  such  Walls,  for  the  Neighbours  to  Adjoyn  their  Building 
to  " ;  that  the  neighbor  shall  pay  half  when  he  builds ;  and  that  the 
Selectmen  shall  have  power  "  to  make  Valuation,  or  lay  out  the  Line 
between  such  Neighbours " ;  signed  "  By  the  Court,  Edward  Rawson 
Secr't." 

Several  |  Laws  and  Orders  |  Made  by  the  |  General  Court,  |  Held  at 
Boston  the  7th  of  May,  1684.  No  titlepage.  4to.  pp.  100-101. 
First  page  blank  ;  a  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  the  top  of  page  100 ; 
100-101,  text,  relating  to  imposts,  nuisances,  executions.  Major  Robert 
Pike  and  his  troopers,  public  notary  seal,  Benjamin  Gerrish  for  officer 
of  the  port  of  Salem,  and  Nathaniel  Clark  for  Newbury  and  Salisbury  ; 
headlines ;  verso  of  page  101  blank. 

At  a  I  General  Court  |  Called  by  the  Honourable  Governour  on   His 
Receipt  of  His  |  Majesties  Letter,  to  sit  in  Boston,  July  the  9th. 
1684.     When  |  they  State  there  was  Made  and  Passed  the  Law 
and  Order  fol-  |  lowing;  And  by  their  Order  Printed:  |  By  the 
Court  Edward  Rawson  Seer'.     No  titlepage.     4to.  pp.  103-105. 
A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  the  top  of  page   103  ;  103-105,  text, 
relating  to   piracy   and  privateering,  and   houses  of  "  publick   Enter- 
tainment" ;  various  headlines;  verso  of  page  105  blank. 

Several  |  Laws  |  made   at   the  |  General   Court  |  Called    to   Sit,   and 

Held  at  Boston,  Sept.  10^\  1684.  |  And  Published  by  their  Order, 

I  Edward  Rawson.  Seer.     No  titlepage.     4to.  pp.  107-109. 

A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  the  top  of  page   107  ;   107-109,  text, 

relating  to  the  law  of  attaints,  and  sizing  of  bricks  ;  various  headlines  ; 

verso  of  page  109  blank. 

Several  |  Orders  and   Laws  |  Made   at   the   Second  Sessions  of  the  | 
General  Court  |  Held  at  Boston,  Octob :  15"".  1684.    And  Printed 
by  their  |  Order:  |  Edward    Rawson    Seer'.     No  titlepage.     4to. 
pp.  110-111. 
First  page  blank  ;  a  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  the  top  of  page  110  ; 
110-111,  text,  relating  to   Commissioners'  power,  executions,  country 
debts,  and  wolves;  various  headlines;  veiso  of  page  111  blank. 

1685. 

[Order  of  the  General  Court,  January  28,  1684.]      Broadside.     4to. 

A  cut  of   the  Colonial  arms  at  top  of  the  page;  "At  a  |  General 

Court  I  Held  at   Boston.  January  28.  1684";  an  order  that  any  per- 


son  or  persons  may '*  Erect  any  small  Ruildinj;;  Provided,  it  do  not 
exceed  eight  Foot  square,  and  seven  Foot  Stiuld,  of  Wood  or  Timber; 
any  Law  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding:  Provided  they  have  the 
Approhation  of  the  Select-men  of  said  Town  ;  signed  ••  By  the  Court, 
I  Edward  Hawson,  Seer'." 

Hy  the  I  Governour  and  Council  |  Assembled  at  Boston  the  2''.  of 
April,  IGfSo.  I  To  all  His  Majesties  Subjects  within  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  I  Massachvsets  Colony.  Broadside.  4to. 
A  cut  of  the  Colonial  arms  at  top  of  the  |tage ;  a  proclamation  giv- 
ing the  information  "  that  there  is  a  Ship  of  about  three  Hundred 
Tonus  that  hath  for  some  time  been  crusing  on  the  Coast,  between 
Martyns  Vineyard  and  Cape  Cod,  without  the  Limits  of  this  Colony, 
whereof  Christopher  Goffe  is  Captain,  and  one  John  Salter  is  Master," 
the  same  "  deemed  and  vehemently  suspected  to  have  been  AVickedly 
and  Piratically  taken  from  some  of  His  Majesties  Allies  in  the  West 
Intlies  "  ;  "  Now  that  no  Person  or  Persons  may  plead  ignorance  of  His 
Majesties  Proclamation,  or  of  the  Law  Made  and  Published  by  the 
Governour  and  Company  of  this  His  ^lajesties  Colony  agreeable  there- 
unto, bearing  Date,  .luly  I'"'.  1(»84";  it  is  re<piired  that  any  persons 
shall  not  "joyn  themselves  with  said  Goffe  or  his  Company,  nor  to 
receive  or  conceal  any  of  the  Goods  coming  out  of  said  Ship "  or 
otherwise  have  any  relation  to  them  "  contrary  to  said  law  "  ;  signed 
''  By  Order,  Edward  Kawson,  Seer'." 

Several  |   Laws  and  Orders  |  Made   by  the  |  Governour  and   Company 

I  Of  tin;  Massachvsets    Bay    in    Xew-I^ngland  |  at    the  |   General 

Court  I  Helil   :iL    Boston,    May    27"'    \6Si).  \  As    also   at  a  (Jen- 

eral  Court  Held   at  Boston   on  |  the  11"'  of  October.  1  GH").  |  And 

Printed  by  Order,  |   Edward    Rawson  |  Secretary.      No    titlepage. 

•Ito.  pp.  121    12.;. 

A  cut  of  th(!  Colonial  arms  at  llie   top   of   page    12!  ;    121-12'!,  t<'\t, 

relating    to    duties   on    imports,  damage    to    li«'lds,  Treasurer's    power, 

attachments  and  wills;    various  headlines  ;   mso  of  page  !2.'I  lilank. 

1 686. 

By  tin!  I  Governour  and  Company  |  Of  tin;  Massaclivsets  Bay  in  Ncw- 

l*Jiglan«l  I  At  a  I  (ieneral    Court  |  Held    at    Boston,  on    Adjourn- 

nnmt,  Feb.  1 G"'  IGH-O.      No  titlepage.      lio.  pp.  125-126. 

A  cut  of  the  Coloiiiut  arms  at  the  top  of  page   I  2.'>  ;   "an  l*',xpI:inution 

of  ami  Addition  to  tin;    Law   lilh'  Wills   .   .   .    And    the    Law    Intituled 

An  Addition  to  the  Law  title  WilU,  Madi!  Octob.   II"'    I  GM;').  is  hereby 

Ii«|M-uled  " ;    sigtntd    "By    the    Courl,    Edward     Iv.awson    Streretary  "  ; 

bcu<llineH. 


33 

The  next  two  titles  are  also  found  in  the  Library  of  the 
Boston  Atheneeum,  but  they  do  not  follow  here  in  strict  chron- 
ological order  with  the  others,  as  it  has  been  thought  best  to 
give  all  the  titles  in  the  bound  volume  by  themselves. 

1676. 

[New  Englands  Crisis.  Boston,  1676.]  No  titlepage.  16mo.  pp.  31. 
Titlepage  wanting,  also  first  leaf,  4  pp.  in  all ;  4  pp.  and  p.  9,  "  New 
Englands  Crisis  |  —  |  The  Prologue :  ",  headpiece,  four  lines  of  bor- 
der pieces,  and  a  rule  in  the  middle,  the  two  lower  ones  inverted,  and 
the  two  inner  lines  of  smaller  pieces;  10-21,  "  New-Englands  Crisis"  ; 
22,  "A  Supplement";  22-26,  "  Marlburyes  Fate";  26-27,  "The 
Town  called  Providence  |  Its  Fate "  ;  27-28,  "  Seaconk  Plain  En- 
gagement"; 28-20,  Seaconk  or  Rehoboths  Fate";  29,  "  Chelmsfords 
Fate,  signed,  "  B.  Tompson,"  30-31,  "  On  |  A  Fortification  |  At  Boston 
begun  by  Women.  |  Dux  Foemina  Facti "  ;  "  Finis,"  between  two  rules ; 
headlines,  "New-Englands  Crisis";  verso  of  page  31  blank;  closely 
trimmed ;  printed  probably  by  John  Foster. 

See  Proceedings  (second  series,  X.  269-273)  of  the  Histori- 
cal Society  for  an  account  of  this  pamphlet. 

1699. 

Mans  I  Self-Reflection  [  Is  the  Special  Means   to  further  his  |  Recov- 
ery from  his  [  Apostasy  |  From  |  God.  |  Being  the  Subject  of  Two 
I  Sermons,  |  From  Psalm  119.  Verse  59.  |  I  thought  on  my  ways, 
and  turned  my  feet  to  |  thy   Testimonies  |  —  |  By  James   Allen, 
Teacher  of  the  First  Ga-  |  thered  Church  in   Boston.  |  —  ||  Bos- 
ton, Printed  by  B.  Green,  &  J.  Allen.  1699.  |  Sold  at  the  Print- 
ing House.     16mo.  pp.  28  [38]. 
Titlepage,  verso  blank  ;  3-6,  "  To  His  Excellency,  |  Richard,  |  Earl 
of  Bellomont,  |  Baron  of  Coloony,  in  the  Kingdom  of  |  Ireland,  Gov- 
ernour  and  Commander  |  in  Chief  of  the  Provinces  of  the  |  Massachu- 
setts-Bay, New- York,    and  |  New    Hampshire  |  May    it    please    Your 
Excellency,"  signed,  "  James  Allen,"  headpiece,  a  line  of  a  variety  of 
border  pieces ;  headlines  ;  7-8,  "  To  the  |  Reader.  |  Courteous  Reader," 
signed  "  James  Allen,"  headpiece,  two  lines  of  border  pieces,  the  lower 
one    inverted;    9-28  [38],    "Mans    Self-Refiection,    |    Is    the    Special 
Means  to  further  his  Reco-  |  very  from  his  |  Apostasy  |  From  |  God," 
headpiece  one  line  of  border  pieces  like   the  first ;  "  Finis  "  between 
two  rules. 

5 


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The  six  followinnr  titles  are  found  in  the  Conpfregational 
Libraiy,  Jloston,  a  collection  of  books  rich  in  early  New  Eng- 
land literature.  The  librarian,  Rev.  "William  H.  Cobb,  D.D., 
has  placed  me  under  many  obligations  for  his  courtesies  in 
my  work. 

1670  (?). 

Cliristiaiie  OOnoowae  Sampoowaonk.  |  [Secoiul  column]  The  same  in 
Knglish,  I  A   Christian   Covenanting    Confession.     [Slightly   im- 
perfect.]    12nio.  1  p. 
First  cohimn  in  Indian,  the  second  in  English,  separated  by  a  In-oken 
rule,   each  in  two   part3   with  a   rule   between  ;  begins  "  !Metahhawae 
Nocnamptam  kah  muttooncxe  nus-  |  sampoowam.     Rom.  10.  10,"  and 
in  English  "I  Believe  witli  my   Heart,  and   Confess  with   my   Mouth. 
Rom.  10   10,"  both  followed  by  nine  articles,  numbered,  h;iving  Scrip- 
tural references  at  the  end  of  each  one,  all  in  English  ;  below  the  rule 
in  both  parts  a  confession   of  faith   in   Christ,  in  five   parts,  numbered, 
1  to  4  having  Scriptural  references  in  English  as  before  ;  form  of  cov- 
enant, prepared  for  the  use  of  Indian  converts,  in  the  fifth  article,  last 
mentioned,  "  For  these  causes,  wee  that  dwell   in  thi[sj  Towne  called 

are  gladly  willing  to  bin[d]  our  selves  to  God,  to  Remember  the 

Sabbath  day  to  keep  it  holy,  so  long  as  wee  live.  And  also  to  bind  our 
selves  to  each  other,  to  meet  together  every  Sabbath  day  (when  it  may 
be  doue[)]  to  doe  all  our  Sabhath  day  Services,  Prayers  ^:c[.]  accord- 
ing to  the  word  of  God,  the  holy  Spirit  o[fJ  God  helping  us.  By  this 
Gospel  covenant,  we  do  give  our  8elve[8]  and  our  Ciiildren  to  .lesus 
Christ,  to  walk  wit[h]  Ilim  in  Church  Order,  so  long  as  we  live"  ; 
a  line  of  line  border  pieces  at  tlie  top  ;  trimmed  so  (.-losely  on  the  riglit- 
liand  edge  that  in  soini!  places  a  letter  is  lost  at  the  end  of  a  line  ;  two 
lines  torn  oil"  from  the  lower  rii^lit-Iiand  corner. 

This  sheet,  supposed  to  be  uni(pie,  was  printed  probably  by 
Samuel  Green  at  C'andjridge  between  IGOo  and  1G75,  and  is  a 
second  edition.  'J'he  text  measures  Oj  ijiclu'S  in  Icni^'th  by 
nearly  i")  in  width.  See  Wilbeiforci!  Kamcs's  "  r.ibliogruphio 
Notes  on  Eliot's  Indian  I'-iijIc  "  (pagi;  (I),  for  a  facsimile  re- 
production (»f  cacdi  edition.  On  a  llyhaf  at  the  ontl  lA'  tlio 
volume,  in  which  this  luoadside  is  bound,  are  written  tho 
words:  "  Abijah  Woods  I'.cjok  b(jU)_dil  at  (JovMiills  N'andiio 
1800." 


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1689. 

Brief  I  Explications  |  Of  |  Truth    &   Error ;  [  Very   Necessary    to    be 
thoroughly  Vnderstood,  before  the  Miserable  |  Breaches    of   the 
Church  of  England  can  be   Healed:  |  Or,  |  Labour  |  (In  a  time 
of  much  Darkness  and  Church-breaking  Error)  |  For  a  full  and 
clear  Understanding  of   the   Foundation   of  all   true  |  Faith  and 
Obedience.    |   —   |  [Two    hands    pointing   at    each    other.]  |  —  || 
Printed  in  the  Year,  1689.      12mo.  pp.  8,  20,  4. 
Pages  1-8,  "  Mr.  Cotton  Mather  opposed  by  a  Son  of  the  Church," 
headpiece  two  lines  of  border  pieces ;  1  p.  titlepage,  given  above,  verso 
blank ;  2  pp.  "  The  Preface,"  headpiece  a  line  of  border  pieces,  similar 
to   the  first ;    1-20,    "  Explication   of   the  Doctrine :    God   in    Christ 
bought  all   Mankind,"  headpiece   two  lines  of  border   pieces,  like  the 
first,  only  the  lower  one  inverted  ;   1-4,  "  Postscript  "  ;   new  set  of  sig- 
nature letters  for  second  and  third  parts ;  each  part  ending  with  "  Finis." 

Near  the  top  of  tlie  first  page  of  this  work,  in  the  left-hand 
corner,  is  written  "  May.  18.  91,"  and  in  the  right-hand  corner, 
"  Johannis  Cottoni."  The  first  and  last  parts  may  have  been 
printed  here,  as  they  have  the  general  appearance  of  New 
England  typography.  The  middle  part,  or  that  bearing  the 
title,  was  printed  perhaps  in  England  ;  and  Cotton  Mather 
may  have  had  the  other  two  parts  printed  here.  The  first 
part  begins,  "  Sir,  I  have  seen  your  Invitation  to  the  Lords 
Supper  and  am  grieved  to  see  the  Sacraments  so  much 
wronged,"  and  ends,  "  Therefore  for  the  discovery  of  them, 
I  have  adventured  this  Letter  and  the  following  brief  Expli- 
cations." JNIather's  "  Companion  to  Communicants,"  which 
contains  "  Invitations  to  the  Lords  Supper,"  was  printed  in 
1690  ;  and  unless  there  was  an  earlier  edition,  the  first  part  of 
"Brief  Explications"  was  printed  after  the  second. 

1690. 
Errata.     Slip. 

This  slip  contains  a  list  of  Errata  in  seven  lines,  following  the  head- 
line, and  is  found  pasted  on  the  last  fly-leaf  of  a  work  entitled  "  The 
Principles  of  the  Protestant  Religion  Maintained"  (Boston,  1690). 

1697. 

A  Dead  Faith  Anatomized  |  —  |  A  |  Discourse  |  On  |  The  Nature, 
and  the  Danger,  |  "With  the  Deadly  Symptoms  |  Of  a  |  Dead 
Faith  I  Tn    those  |  Who   profess   the    Faith    of    Christ.  |  —  (  By 


3G 

Samuel    Mather,  |  Pastor   of  the  Church   at   Windsor,  in    the  | 
Colony  of  Conni'Cticut.  |  —  |  [One  line  of  Latin.]  |  —  ||  Boston 
in   New  England.  |  Printed   by  Bartholomew  Green,  |  and  John 
Allen.  I  IG'JT.      IGmo.  pp.  24,  9G.     [Im|)erfect.] 
Titlepage,  surrounded  by  a  line  of  S-shaped   border  pieces,  verso 
blank  ;  3-24,  "  Preface,"  signed  "  Cotton  Mather,"  headpiece  a  Hue  of 
bordt-r  pieces,  two  lines  of  stars,  and  another  line  of  border  pieces  in- 
verted;   1-96,  "A  Dead   Faith  |  Anatoniizcd,"  headpiece  a  Hue  of  a 
variety  of  border  pieces;  97-108,  waiitiny;. 

Near  tlie  top  of  tlie  titlepage  is  written :  "  May.  5.  97  Atlier- 
ton  Matlier  ex  doiio  authoris "  ;  on  the  flyleaf  at  the  begin- 
ning :  "  Rebecka  Mather  her  book  ex  dono  authoris"  ;  and  on 
the  back  of  the  titlepage:  "Jemima  Stoiighton  her  book 
1740." 

1699. 

The  Folly  |  Of  |  Sinninp;,  |  Opened  &   Applyed,  |  In  Two  |  Sermons, 
I  Occasioned  by  the   Condemnation  |  of  one   that  was    Executed 
at  I  Boston  in  New-England,  on  |  November  ITtli.  1C.9S.  |  —  |  By 
Increase  Mather,  Pra'sident  of  |  Harvard  Colledge  in   Cambridge, 
and  I  Preacher    of  the    Gospel    at    lioston    in    N.    E.  |  —  |  [Two 
lines  from   Koni.  xvi.  19.]  |  — ||  Boston,  Printed  by  B.  Green,  & 
J.    Allen,  I  for   Michael    Perry  over  against   the  Town  |  House, 
and    Nicholas   Buttolph  at   the  cor-  |  ner   of   Gutteridges  Coffee 
House.      Hi99.      IGmo.  j)p.  9rj.      [Imperfect.] 
Titlepage,    surrounded   l)y  a   border    line,    vcrsu  l)lank  ;  3—18,  "  The 
I  Folly  I  Of  I  Sinning  |  —   |    Sermon    I,"   pages    11-14,    and    35-88 
wanting,  headpiece  a  line  of  a  variety  of  border  pieces  ;  49-9.'3,  "  Ser- 
mon  H.  I  Proposition.  H."  ;    'Tlie   Fml."  at   the  bottom  of  page  95, 
followed  by  two  lines  of  "  El  nil  a  "  ;   lieadliiies;   irrso  of  page  9o  blank. 

Spiritual  |  Desertions  |  Discovered  |  and  ]    luineilicd.    |    Being   |   The 
Sub.Htance  of  divers  Sermons  |  Preadud   for  the  help  of  dark  | 
Souls,   labouring    inider  |  Diviru!   witlnlrawings.  |  —  |   By  Sauniel 
Will.'ird,  I  Teacher  of  a  ("liun^h  in  Boston.  |  —  |  [Four  lines  from 
Isaiah   xxxv.   3,  4.]  |  — ||  Boston   in    \('w-I''ii'_'I:i"d,  |   Printed  by 
I'..  (ire(!n,  and  J.  Allen,  for  |  Miiliiiil    I'riiy  .md    Benjamin  ICIiot. 
1G'.»9.      IGmo.  pp.  II  I. 
Titlepage,  verso   blank  ;   2  pp.  '*  Keader,"    signed    "  \\  ho   am,  |   Ecrh 
than  tho  IcOMt  of  |  all  Saints,  |  S.  ^^'.,"  lie:i<l|>iee»!  a  line  of  a   variety  of 
bordftr  pieces;  !">    I  II,  "  Spiritual  |   Desertions  |   Diseovcicd  and  Reme- 
died," running  headlim^H  ;  "  Finis"  between  two  rides. 


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The  next  three  broadsides  here  described  belong  to  our 
associate,  JMr.  Robert  C.  Winthrop,  Jr.,  and  arc  supposed  to 
be  unique  specimens.  Without  any  doubt  they  all  were 
struck  off  from  the  Cambridge  or  Boston  press,  but  it  may  be 
a  question  whether  the  first  sheet  was  printed  at  the  time 
of  Governor  Winthrop's  death.  Probably  the  last  two  sheets 
were  printed  by  John  Foster,  the  pioneer  printer  of  Boston. 
See  the  Proceedings  (XV.  395)  of  this  Society  for  reference 
to  these  broadsides. 

1649. 

A  I  Funeral  Elegie  |  (Written  many  years  since)  |  On    the  Death  of 
the  Memorable  and  truly  Honourable  [  John  Winthrope  Esq :  ] 
Goveruour  of  the  Massachusets  Colony  in  N-England.  |  For  the 
space  of  19  years,  who  died  in  the  63d.  Year  of  his  Age.  March 
26.  1649     Broadside.     4to. 
Two  columns  in  verse,  separated  by  line  of  small  border  pieces,  the 
whole  surrounded  by  a  heavy  black  border  in  four  parts,  the  one  at  the 
top  arched,  a  rule  below  the   title ;  begins  "  You  English  Mattachu- 
sians    all   |    Forbear   sometime   from    sleeping,"   and   ends  "  Friendly 
correct  what  is  amiss,  |  Accept  his  love  that  did  write  this  " ;  signed 
"  Perciful  Lowle." 

Mr.  Winthrop,  in  his  "  Life  and  Letters  of  Jolm  Winthrop  " 
(IL  398,  399, 465),  gives  this  Elegy  in  full,  with  some  remarks 
wherein  he  says  that  the  expression  "  written  many  years 
since,"  "  seems  to  imply  that  it  was  not  printed  at  the  time  of 
its  composition."  Percival  Lowell,  of  Newbury,  the  writer  of 
the  lines,  died  on  January  8,  1665. 

1676. 

A  I  Funeral  Elegy  |  Vpon  the  Death  of  that  Excellent  and  most 
worthy  Gentleman  |  John  Winthrop  P2sq.  |  Late  Governoiu'  of 
his  Majestyes  Colony  of  Conecticot :  |  Who  deceased  April,  1676. 

I     AnorrT.      John  Winthriip, 
I    jUnagr.    oh  Print  Wd  nih: 

Two  columns  in  verse,  surrounded  by  a  heavy  black  border  in  four 
parts,  the  one  at  the  top  rounded  but  of  slightly  different  shape  from 
that  in  the  first  broadside  ;  begins  as  follows  :  — 

LEt  woe  be  printed  nigh  unto  our  Land, 
Since  that  Jehovahs  formidable  hand 
Hath  been  bereaving  us  this  fatal  year, 
Of  such  a  Star  within  our  Hemisphere. 


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And  ends  in  the  second  column  ;  followed  by  "  Accrosticon,"  in  twelve 
lines,  of  which  the  two  last  are  :  — 

Oh  may  this  dismal  loss  ne'r  be  forgot, 
Per  riimouth,  Boston,  and  Conecticot 


followed  by  the  word  "Epitajih,"  and  four  lines  given  below  :  — 

Ere  lyes  a  None-such  for  all  virtuous  things. 
Fittest  to  be  discoursed  of  by  Kings. 

Mors  oninil)us  communis 
Finis. 


H 


The  sheet  bears  tlie  following  indorsement:  "For  Major 
Fitz  J""  Winthrop,  his  much  Ilonord  friend  from  yo''  humble 
serv'  Steph  :  Chester  Wetherslield,  July  prim  1G80."  Perhaps 
Mr.  Chester  was  the  author  of  the  Elegy.  See  Collections 
(sixth  series,  V.  7,  8)  of  this  Society,  for  two  letters  from  him, 
dated  respectively  at  Weathersfield,  April  7  and  17,  1077, 
which  have  possiljle  allusions  to  these  lines. 

A  I  Funeial  Triljute  |  To  the  llonuurabh*  Dust  of  that  Mi>st  Chari- 
table Christian,  Vnbiassed  Politician,  |  And  uniinitahlf  Pyrotech- 
nist I  John  Winthrope  escj :  |  A  Member  of  liic  Koyal  Society,  & 
Governour  of  Conecticut  Colony  in  |  New-Kngland.  |  Who  ex- 
pired in  his  Countreys  Service,  April.  Gth.  l()7(i. 
Two    columns    in    verse,    separated    by    a    double    rnir,   the    whole 

surrounded   by  a  heavy  black  border  in   lour   parts,  the  oii«'  at  the   top 

h<-;ivi«'r  and  ar<'ln(l   on   thu   lower  sidf,  :i   rule   IhIow    the   title  ;  signed 

'•  1>.  Thompson.  ' 

According  to  "  A  New  and  Further  Narrative  ol"  tiie  Slate 
of  New-ICngland  .  .  .  from  Mareh  till  August,  lOTC),"  in  the 
.lohti  Carter  Ihown  Liluaiy,  being  a  letter  written  fidni  Bos- 
ton by  N.  S.,  this  sheet  was  jirinled  here  before  .Inly  22. 
Without  (hjubt  it  was  issued  from  tin;  j)ress  of  John  Foster, 
as  at  tliat  period  he  was  the  only  printer  in  Hoslon.  See  I'lo- 
ceedings  (second  series,  X.  'J7<>,  i!71  )  of  liiis  Society. 

Tlie  fnipRt  private  collection  of  early  Anirrican  iiii|irints  in 
New  I'".M^danfl,  after  tlu;  John  Carter  I'.rown  Liliraiy,  bidongs 
to  Mr.  Siimni'i-  llolliie^sworlli.  of  iloston.  Among  his  rarities 
is  a  voltinw  <>r   lirtem    ]ianipldr|s  by  inerfuse  .Matlier,  relating 


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to  various  subjects,  and  handsomely  bound  in  goatskin.  They 
are  of  old-fashioned  quarto  size,  being  7  inches  in  height  by 
5|  in  width.  All  were  printed  either  at  Cambridge  or  Boston 
before  the  year  1681,  and  the  binding  is  contemporary 
with  that  period.  The  book  is  sewed  on  hide  thongs  laced 
into  the  covers,  and  finished  with  blank  tooling  of  dotted 
lines,  a  panel  within  a  panel  caught  to  the  corners  with  simi- 
lar lines,  and  ornamented  at  the  ends  of  the  centre  panel  with 
blank  corner  pieces. 

Pasted  on  the  back  of  the  first  titlepage  in  the  volume  is  a 
manuscript  list  of  the  various  pamphlets,  in  Cotton  Mather's 
handwriting,  giving  very  short  titles  of  each  one.  Presumably 
this  list  once  had  been  written  on  a  fl^'leaf  at  the  beginning 
of  the  book,  and  after  a  time  the  leaf  had  been  torn  out,  and, 
in  order  to  save  the  memorandum,  it  then  was  cut  down  and 
pasted  on  the  verso  of  the  titlepage.  I  am  inclined  to  think 
that  Cotton  Mather,  at  the  time  two  years  out  of  college, 
made  this  collection  of  some  of  his  father's  writings,  and  had 
them  bound  together.  With  very  few  exceptions  the  volume 
contains  all  his  father's  publications  issued  here  between  the 
years  1673  and  1680  inclusive,  and  probably  the  missing  ones 
could  not  readily  be  found. 

In  the  arrangement  of  these  pamphlets  a  negative  fact  crops 
out,  which  is  worth  noting.  While  it  has  not  been  known  for 
a  certainty  what  was  the  first  Boston  imprint,  it  is  known  that 
John  Foster,  the  pioneer  printer  of  Boston,  who  began  busi- 
ness here  in  1675,  issued  from  his  press  in  that  year  two 
sermons  by  Increasa^Mather,  which  were  preached  with  an 
interval  of  only  fise^S^a*  weeks  in  the  time  of  their  delivery. 
It  has  been  supposed  that  the  earlier  one  delivered  was  the 
earlier  one  printed  ;  but  on  this  point  there  is  no  direct  evi- 
dence. These  two  sermons  were  "  The  Wicked  mans  Por- 
tion," preached  "the  18th  day  of  the  1  Moneth"  (March  18, 
1675),  and  '^/Jthe,  Times  of  men  are  in  the  hand  of  God," 
preaclfe^'  tl^^day  of  the  Q^  Moneth  1675  "  (May  4, 1675). 
Both  these  sermons  are  bound  up  in  the  volume  ;  and  if  the 
collection  were  made  by  Cotton  Mather,  as  is  supposed,  he 
would  have  been  very  apt  to  place  them  in  chronological 
order,  as  most  of  the  others  are  so  placed.  In  the  arrange- 
ment the  sermon  entitled  "  The  Wicked  mans  Portion " 
comes  before  the  other,  which  at  first  sight  seems  to  show 


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that  tliis  pamphlet  was  tlie  earlier  publication  ;  and  if  so,  it  is 
the  lirst  work  primed  in  Huston. 

I  have  a  strong  feeling  that  the  book  was  bound  by 
Edmund  Ranger,  "  Bookbinder  in  Boston,"  the  only  man  of 
his  calling  whose  luime  has  come  down  to  us  from  that  par- 
ticular period.  Of  course  there  were  bookbinders  here  then, 
but  they  are  not  recorded  as  such.  As  early  as  August  7, 
1G37,  the  town  records  of  Boston  mention  the  sale  of  a  shop 
to  one  Saunders,  "a  bookebyn<ler.'"  Ranger's  name  is  found 
on  three  different  titlepages,  on  one  as  a  bookseller  and  book- 
binder, and  on  the  other  two  as  a  bookseller.  The  imprints 
are  as  follows:  "Cambridge:  Printed  by  Marmaduke  John- 
son, 1(373.  And  Sold  by  Edmund  Ranger  Bookbinder  in 
Boston"  (on  Increase  Mather's  Wo  to  Dnnthnr<h)\  '^Cam- 
bridge :  I'liiiled  by  Samuel  Green,  and  sold  by  Edmund 
Ranger  in  Boston,  1678"  (on  Mather's  Praif  for  the  J\isin;i 
Generation)  ;  and,  '•  Boston,  Printed  by  John  Foster,  and 
sold  by  Edmund  Ranger,  1679"  (on  James  Allin's  Serious 
Advice,  etc.).  At  that  time  Johnson,  Green,  and  Foster  were 
the  only  printers  in  the  Colonies ;  and  if  J\anger  sold  their 
books,  probably  lie  also  bound  them.  Mr.  Savage,  in  his 
Genealogical  Dictionary,  sj)eaks  of  him  as  a  stationer. 

From  an  examination  of  the  several  works  in  the  volume,  it 
is  evident  that  Foster  bought  and  used  the  tyi)e  and  border 
pieces  that  had  ijelonged  to  Johnson,  as  the  various  fonts  and 
styles  in  the  two  printing-oflices  are  idi-nlical,  or  nearly  so. 

The  following  list  gives  the  titles  in  brief,  with  the  iinjirints 
in  full,  of  the  fifteen  pamphlets  found  in  the  volume  :  and  for 
the  sake  of  convenience  the  titles  are  here  numl)ered. 

The    Life   ami    Dcatli   of  .   .    .    Mr.    K'iclimd    .Maili.r   .    .   .    Caiiiliridi^'e: 

Printed  l.y  S.  (J.  and  M.  .1.      Hi7o.  1 

The   PirHt    PrincipleH  of  New-l'Ji;;laiid    .   .   .   Cainbiid^je      rriiitcd    l)y 

SuiniKtl  (ireeii,  lO?/).  2 

A    DihcourKC!   ('ntivx'.ii\'iU}i   tin;  Subject   uf  naplisiiie    .    .     .     ( ':imliiitl;,'e 

Printed  l»y  Sainmd  (Ircen      107.0.  3 

Wot/)  DriMikardH.      Two  SernioiiH   .   .    .    ('anil)rid;,'e  :    I'rinled  l)y  Mar- 

niadiike  .lolinhon.      1(j7.'5.      And   Solil   by  J'ldinurid    Hanger    I'xiok- 

hinder  in  Bo.slon.  4 

The  Day  of  Tr<»ul»le  Ih  n<'ar.     Twrt  Sermons  .   .   .   ( ':iiiilirid;^e  :  I'linled 

by  M.'irnuidiike  .lolinHon.      IHTI.  5 

The   Wiekt'd    inaiiH   I'ortion.      ( )r   a    Scmifin    .    .    .    i'.oyloii,   I'liiiled    liy 

•lolin  FoHtiT.       I  (u'l.  6 


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The  Times  of  men  are  in  the  hand  of  God.  Or  a  Sermon  .  .  .  Bos- 
ton, Printed  by  John  Foster     1675.  7 

A  Brief  History  of  the  VVarr  with  the  Indians  .  .  .  Boston,  Printed 
and  Sold  by  John  Foster  over  against  the  Sign  of  the  Dove. 
1676.  8 

An  Earnest  Exhortation  to  the  Inhabitants  of  New-England  .  .  .  Bos- 
ton Printed  by  John  Foster :  And  are  to  be  Sold  over  against  the 
Dove.     1676.  9 

A  Relation  of  the  Troubles  which  have  hapned  in  New-England  .  .  . 
Boston,  Printed  and  sold  by  John  Foster.     1677.  10 

An  Historical  Discourse  Concerning  the  Prevalency  of  Prayer  .  .  . 
Boston  ;  Printed  and  sold  by  John  Foster.      1677.  11 

Kenewal  of  Covenant  the  great  Duty  ...  A  Sermon  .  .  .  Boston  ; 
Printed  by  J.  F.  for  Henry  Phillips,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  his  Shop 
in  the  West  end  of  the  Town-house  in  Boston.      1677.  12 

Pray  for  the  Rising  Generation,  or  a  Sermon  .  .  .  Cambridge :  Printed 
by  Samuel  Green,  and  sold  by  Edmund  Ranger  in  Boston. 
1678.  13 

The  Divine  Right  of  Infant-Baptisme  .  .  .  Boston,  Printed  by  John 
Foster,  in  the  Year  1680.  14 

Returning  unto  God  the  great  concernment  of  a  Covenant  People  .  .  . 
Boston,  Printed  by  John  Foster.     1680.  15 

Below  are  the  collations  of  two  of  these  titles,  which  have 
not  been  hitherto  described :  — 

1674. 

TheDay  of  Trouble  is  near.  |  —  |  Two  |  Sermons  [  Wherein  is  shewed, 
I  What  are  the  Signs  of  a  Day  of  Trouble  being  near.  |  And  par- 
ticularly, I  What  reason  there  is  for  New-England  to  expect  |  A 
Day  of  Trouble.  |  Also  what  is  to  be  done,  that  we  may  escape 
these  things  |  which  shall  come  to  pass.  |  Preached  (the  11"*  day 
of  the  12"'  Month,  1673.  being  a  day  of  |  Humiliation  |  in  one  of 
the  Churches  in  Boston.  |  —  |  By  Increase  JMather,  Teacher  of 
that  Church.  |  —  |  [Two  lines  from  Ezek.  xxxiii.  7  ;  three  lines 
from  Matt.  xxiv.  6,  7,  8  ;  two  lines  from  Luke  xxi.  28.]  |  —  || 
Cambridge:    Printed   by  INIarmaduke   Johnson.      1674.       12mo. 
(4),  31. 
Titlepage  surrounded  by  a  double  border  line,  verso  blank ;   2  pp. 
"  Christian  Reader,"  signed  "  Vrian  Oakes,"  headpiece  a  line  of  small 
border  pieces,  headline  on  the  second  page  "  To  the  Christian  Reader  "  ; 
1-31,  "Ezek.  7.  7.  I  —  The  day  of  Trouble  is  near  — ,"  headpiece  a 
line  of  border  pieces,  headlines  ;  "  Finis  "  between  two  rules  ;  verso  of 
page  31  blank. 

G 


12 

Near  the  bottom  of  the  titlepage  is  the  autograph  signature 
"  Cottonus  Mathi'iiis." 

1677. 

Renewal  of  Covenant  the  great  Duty  |  hicumbent  on  decaying  or  dis- 
tressed I  Chvrches.  |  —  |  A    Sermon  |  Concerning   Renewing   of 
Covenant  with  God  in  Christ,  |  Preached  at  Dorchester  in  New- 
England,  the  21.  Day  |  of  the  1.  Moneth  1G77.  being  a  Day  of  | 
Humiliation  |  There,  on  that  Occasion,  |  —  |  By  Increase  Mather, 
Teacher  of  |  a  Church  in   Boston.  |  —  |  [Three  lines  from  Deut. 
xxix.  1  ;  two  lines  from  Jer.  1.  5]  |  —  |  [Eight  lines  of  Latin.]  | 
—  II  Boston  ;  I  Printed  by  J.  F.  for  Henry  Phillips,  and  are  to  be 
sold  at  his  |  Shop  in  the  AVest  end  of  the  Town-liouse  iu  Boston. 
1G77.     12mo.  pp.  (7),  21. 
Titlepa^je,  surrounded  by  a  double  border  line,  rerso  blank ;   5   ])p. 
"To  the   Church   of  Christ   in  |  Dorchester  |  Dearly   lieloved   in  the 
Lord  Jesus,"  signed  "Yours  in  the  Lord  alwayes  |  Increase  Mather," 
and  dated  "  Boston,  |  22d.  of  3.  jMoneth,  |  1G77,"  headpiece,  a  line  of 
border  pieces,  a  rule,  and  a  line  of  similar  pieces  inverted,  headlines  ; 
1  p.  blank;  1-21,  "  Neh.  9.  38.     And  because  of  all  tliis  we  |  make  a 
Bure  Covenant,"  ending  on  page  21  with  a  line  "  Tibi  Doniine  "  ;  verso 
of  page  21  blank. 

Mr.  irolliiigsworth  is  the  owner  of  two  copies  of  Eliot's 
Indian  Bible  (Cambridge,  1G63).  One  of  them  is  described 
Ijy  Mr.  Eames,  and  in  liis  list  is  numbered  20;  but  the  other 
is  not  mentioned.  There  are  several  varieties  of  this  edition 
of  the  Indian  Bible,  which  vary  from  each  other  in  the  ar- 
rangement of  the  parts,  or  in  some  minor  details.  These 
variations  are  so  slight  that  I  have  not  given  them  in  this 
list,  Init  they  are  carefully  noted  in  Mr.  Eames's  critical  paper 
on  the  subject. 

Ik-ginning  willi  the  titles  wliich  belong  to  tlir  Boston 
Atheiuoum,  the  Congregational  Libnuy,  Mr.  Winllirop,  and 
Mr.  Ilollingsworlh,  tlicre  arc  given  in  tlicsc  hili-r  pages  -IT) 
c(»l]ati<)ns.  This  number,  .-iddcd  to  that  previonsly  mentioned 
on  jiagc  <!,  makes  a  tot:d  <jf  r);")0  titles  dcscrilK'd  by  Mr.  I'iiinc 
and   myself. 


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LIST  OF  TITLES. 


For  general  convenience  and  ready  reference,  the  following 
list  of  shortened  Titles,  with  the  name  of  Authors  and  the 
year  of  Publication,  is  here  given.  It  includes  the  various 
titles  found  in  the  paper  submitted  at  the  meeting  on  June  9, 
1898,  as  well  as  in  the  present  paper.  As  these  titles  have 
been  mentioned  in  connection  with  the  several  libraries  where 
they  belong,  it  has  been  thought  best  to  keep  them  together  in 
this  list,  and  not  to  separate  them  from  such  collections. 


Supplementary  List,  June  9. 

Massachusetts  Historical  Society. 

Bulkeley,  Gershom.     The  People's  Right  to  Election      ...  1 689 

Cambridge  Platform.     A  Platform  of  Church- Discipline      .     .  1680 

Higgiuson,  John.  Our  Dying  Saviour's  Legacy  of  Peace  •  .  1686 
Mather,  Cotton.     [^Errata   to   "  Early   Piety "  and   "  Several 

Sermons"'] ' 1689 

Mather,  Increase.  The  Doctrine  of  Divine  Providence  .  .  1684 
Mather,   Nathaniel.      A    Sermon  .  .  .  on  .   .  .   the     Constant 

Exercise  of  Grace 1684 

Mitchel,  Jonathan.     Propositions  concerning  .  .  .  Baptism      .  1662 

Norton,  John.     A  Brief  Catechisme 1660 

Steere,  Richard.     A  Monumental  Memorial  of  Marine  Mercy  .  1684 

Willard,  Samuel.     A  Brief  Discourse  of  Justification       .     .     .  1686 

Massachusetts  Archives. 

Andros,  Edmund.  The  Declaration  ,  .  .  April  18th.  1689  .  1689 
Harvard  College.     An  Humble  Proposal  for  the  Inlargement  of 

the  University 1659 

Massachusetts.     Anno  1697  [list  of  Assistants] 1697 

At  the  Convention  .  .  .  [declaration  concerning  the  Laws, 

June  22] 1 689 

• At  the  Convention  .  .  ,  [proclamation  for  Fast,  Sept.  19]  1689 

At  a  Council  .   .   .   [proclamation  for  Fast,  Sept.  22]  .     .  1670 


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Massachusetts.     At   the    General    Court  .  .  .  [order    to  issue 

Bills,  Dec.  10] 1690 

Boston   .  .  .  August  9th,   KiO?    [concerning   the   fleet  in 

the  Caribdee  Islands] 1667 

Boston,  March  22.  167--  [about  rebuilding  the  Castle]      .  1673 

By   the    Goveruour  and  Council   [proclamation  for  Fast, 

May  7] 1691 

The  General  Courts  Answer  to  Joseph  Dudley   ....  1686 

Mather,  Increase.     The  Present  State  of  New-English  Affairs  1689 

N.,  N.     From  a  Gentleman  of  Boston 1689 

Naval  Oflice  at  Boston  .  .   .   [clearance  certificate]       ....  1 692 

Port  Royal  Garrison.     Advertisement  [June  5] 1691 


Second  Supplementary  List. 

Massachusetts  Historical  Society. 

Mather,  Cotton.     The  Everlasting  Gospel 1700 

John  Carter  Jirown  Library. 

Bay  Psalm  Book  [second  edition] 1617 

Budd,  Thomas.      Good  Order  Established  in  PennsiK aula    .     .  1685 

Eliot,  John.      The  Indian  Grammar  bi'gun 1666 

Manilowompae  Poniantainoonk 1685 

Fletcher,  Benjamin.      An  Account  of  Several  Passages   .      .     .  1693 

Keith,  George.     A  Vision  Concerning  the  .  .  .  Separation       .  1692 

Mather,  Cotton.     The  Christian  Thank-OiTcring 1696 

Th.;  K.^solved  Cliristi.-m 1700 

Speedy  Ki'ptMitanre  urgetl 1690 

New  York.      A  Li'tter  from  a  Gentltiiuan 1698 

Quakers.     The  Christian  Faith  of  the  People 1692 

■ New  En^rland's  Spirit  of    Persecution 1693 

Wheeler,  Tliomas.      A  Thankef'iill  Kemeiiibrani-e 1676 

Whiting,  Samuel.      Ahraliam's  iliinible  Intercession     ....  KKW) 

A  Disooursc  of  the  last  Judgement I  iWM 

Willianih,  Roger.      George  Fo.x  Digg'd  out  of  liis  I'.urrowe.s  1676 

liriiirn    l/nivrrsity  l.iliniry. 

Mather,  Cotton.      An  l-Jegy  on  the  .  .  .  Death  .  .  .  of  Natlianael 

("..llins      ..." 1685 

A    I'nelil    I  )e<li<alei|   to    .    .    .     VriaU   ()Mk(!H 1682 


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Boston  Atheneeum. 

Allen,  James.     Mans  Self-Reflection 1699 

Massachusetts.    At  a  Council  .  .  .  [order  about  Indians,  Aug.  30]     1675 

At    a    Council  .   .  .   [order    about    Incomers    to    towns, 

April  4] 1676 

At  a  Council  .  .  .   [order  about  horse-racing,  April  9]    ,     1677 

At  a  Council  .  .  .  [order  about  the  use  of  guns,  March  28]     1678 

At  a  Court  .   .   .  [order  about  Indians,  March  29]  .      .     .     1677 

At  a  General  Court  .  .  .   [order  about  payments  for  the 

War,  May  3] 1676 

At  a  General  Court  .  .  .   [order  about  soldiers  impressed, 

May  3] 1676 

At  a  General  Court  •  .  .    [order  about  coin,  May  24]     .     1682 

At  a   General  Court  .  .  .   [order  about  rating  of  cattle, 

May  16] 1683 

At  a  General  Court  .  .  .   [order  about  buildings  in  Boston, 

Feb.  13,  1683,4] 1684 

At  a  General  Court  .  .  .   [laws  about  privateering,  etc., 

July  9] 1684 

At  a  General  Court  .   .  .   [order  about  buildings  in  Bos- 
ton, Jan.  28,  1684] 1685 

At  a  Sessions  of  the  General  Court  .  .   .  [order  prohibit- 
ing the  sale  of  arms  and  ammunition   to  the  Indians, 

March  4,  1680] 1681 

At  a  Special  General  Court  .  .  .   [order  about  buildings 

in  Boston,    Nov.  7] 1683 

By    the    Governour   and    Company  .  .  .   [about   law   on 

Wills,  Feb.  16,  1685] 1686 

By  the  Governour  and  Council  .  .   .   [proclamation  about 

Captain  Goife's  ship,  April  2] 1685 

Orders,  Made  at  a  General  Court  .   .   .   [Jan.  6,  1673]      .     1674 

■ Order  for  regulating  Constables  Payments  .  .  .  Octob.  11.     1682 

Several  Laws  .  .   .  [Oct.  11,  1682,  March  31  and  Oct.  10, 

1683,  Sept.  10,  1684] 

Several  Laws  and  Orders  .  .  .   [Oct.  2,  1678,  May  28 

and    Oct.    15,    1679,    Feb.    4,   1679,80,   May    19   and 
Oct,  13,  1680,  1680,  1681,  May  7,  1684,  Oct.  14,  1685] 

Several  Orders  and  Laws  ,  .  .   [Oct.  15]        1684 

Tompson,  Benjamin.     New  Englands  Crisis 1676 


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Congregational  Library. 

Brief  Explications  of  Truth  &  Error 1689 

Eliot,  John.     A  Christian  Covenanting  Confession      .     .     .     (?)1670 
Mather,    Cotton.      P>rata   [to   "  Principles    of    the    Protestant 

Reliirion  Maintained "] 1690 

blather,  Increase.     The  Folly  of  Sinning,  Opened  «&;  Applyed  1G99 

Mather,  Samuel.     A  Dead  Faith  Anatomized 1 697 

Willard,  Samuel.     Spiritual  Desertions  Discovered      ....  1699 

Robert  C.   Winthrop,  Jr. 

Chester,  Stephen  (?).  A  Funeral  Elegy  .  .  .  [on  John  Win- 
throp, Governor  of  Connecticut] 1676 

Lowell,  Percival.     A  Funeral  Elegie  .  .  .  [ou  John  Winthrop, 

Governor  of  Massachusetts] 1 649 

Thompson,    Benjamin.       A    Funeral    Tribute  .  .  .   [on    John 

Winthrop,  Governor  of  Connecticut] 1G76 

Sumner  I  lolling  sic  or  tli. 

Mather,  Increase.     The  Day  of  Trouble  is  near 1671 

Renewal  of  Covenant  the  great  Duty 1677 


APPENDIX. 


The  two  following  papers  are  taken  from  the  Proceedings 
of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society  (second  series,  XI. 
240-253,  and  X.  540-547)  for  February  11,  1897,  and  April  9, 
1896,  respectively.  They  bear  so  closely  upon  the  subject  of 
Early  American  Imprints,  that  it  has  been  thought  best  to 
republish  them  in  connection  with  this  Supplementary  List. 


EARLY   PRINTING  IN   NEW   ENGLAND. 


Dr.  Samuel  A.  Green  presented  the  following 
paper : — 

I  wish  to  submit  copies  of  some  papers  found  among  the 
Massachusetts  Archives  at  the  State  House,  which  will  explain 
themselves.  They  consist  of  documents  relating  to  the  early 
history  of  printing  at  Cambridge,  and  give  some  new  facts 
connected  with  the  development  of  that  art  in  New  England. 
Among  these  manuscripts  are  two  petitions  of  Marmaduke 
Johnson,  dated  at  different  times,  which  supplement  the 
remarks  made  by  our  late  venerable  associate,  the  Reverend 
Dr.  Lucius  R.  Paige,  and  published  in  the  Proceedings  (XX. 
265-268)  of  this  Society  for  June,  1883. 

The  signer  of  these  two  papers,  jNlarmaduke  Johnson,  was 
one  of  the  early  printers  of  the  Colony,  who  came  to  New 
England  in  the  year  1660,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Company 
for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  among  the  Indians.  He 
had  been  bred  a  printer  and  was  skilled  in  the  art,  and  had 
been  sent  over  by  that  Corporation  in  order  to  help  set  up 
Eliot's  version  of  the  Bible  and  to  hasten  the  completion  of 
that  great  undertaking.  His  career  while  at  Cambridge  did 
not  comport  with  the  strict  ideas  of  his  Puritan  neighbors, 
and  there  was  much  friction  between  him  and  them.  He  had 
left  a  wife  in  London,  and  his  conduct  here  did  not  commend 
itself  to  their  notions  of  propriety ;  though  in  justice  to  John- 
son I  will  say  that  during  his  troubles  the  apostle  Eliot  remained 
on  friendly  terms  with  him. 

Johnson's  term  of  engagement  as  a  printer  ended  in  August, 
1664;  and  soon  afterward  he  returned  to  England,  as  in  both 
his  petitions  to  the  General  Court  he  speaks  of  coming  back 
to  this  country  in  1665,  with  his  press  and  type,  or  "letters,*' 


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as  he  calls  them.  It  is  an  interesting  fact  to  know  that  at 
that  time  he  brought  over  another  press  to  Cambridge,  whieh 
made  the  third  one  then  in  the  Colony.  Mr.  Thomas,  in  his 
*'  History  of  Printing  in  America"  (I.  273,  274),  gives  the  titles 
of  ten  books  and  pamphlets  printed  by  Johnson  alone,  which 
were  issued  during  the  period  extending  from  1665  to  1674. 
By  the  light  of  these  petitions  it  is  easy  to  see  why  his  im- 
prints began  with  the  year  1GG5,  and,  as  he  died  in  Boston, 
on  December  25,  1674,  it  is  equally  clear  why  they  stop  at 
tliat  date.  During  this  decade,  however,  from  time  to  time 
he  printed  several  titles  in  connection  with  Samuel  Green, 
though  probably  there  was  no  regular  partnership  between 
them.  Presumably  their  presses  were  set  up  in  the  same 
building,  and  perhaps  in  the  same  room,  which  might  account 
for  their  close  business  relations.  At  that  time  Green's  press 
was  worked  in  the  Indian  College,  so  called,  built  at  the 
expense  of  the  Company  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel, 
etc.  According  to  Daniel  Gookin's  account  of  the  Indians, 
printed  in  the  Collections  (I.  176)  of  this  Society,  the  building 
had  "hitherto  [1074]  been  principally  improved  for  to  accom- 
modate English  scholars,  and  for  placing  and  using  a  printing 
press  belonging  to  the  college." 

In  the  second  edition  of  Thomas's  "  History  of  Printing  in 
America"  (I.  59)  the  editor.  Dr.  Haven,  says  in  a  foot-note 
that  he  has  "  not  found  any  book  printed  in  Boston,  or  in  any 
other  town  in  Massacliusetts,  excepting  Cambridge,  until  the 
year  1674,"  —  which  would  imply  that  he  had  seen  a  Boston 
imprint  of  that  date,  though  no  such  title  is  given  in  his  list  of 
"  Ante-Kevolutionary  Publications."  It  is  known  that  John- 
son Wiis  printing  at  Cambridge  as  late  as  the  beginning  of 
August,  1674  ;  and,  as  his  second  petition  was  granted  by  the 
General  Court,  it  is  within  tlie  range  of  jiossibilities  that  later 
in  the  ycjir  he  establish(!d  his  pi'css  in  Boston,  and  that  some 
titlepago  \)()T(i  his  imprint.  As  lie  diud  here,  it.  is  very  likidy 
that  his  home  was  here  .'it  fli.it  tinK,';  and  I  sh;ill  not  despair 
some  <lay  of  seeing  a  specimen  of  his  himdicraft  done  in  Boston 
shortly  before  his  death. 

In  the  same  edition  of  Thomas's  "History  of  Printing" 
(I.  00),  Dr.  Haven  mak(;s  some  interesting  statements  in  re- 
gard to  tlie  typf)graphy  of  a  c<^py  <»f  "  The  Psalms.  Hymns, 
and  Spiritual  Songs  of  thij  Old  and  New  Tc.-^tanicnts."  belong- 


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ing  to  the  American  Antiquarian  Society ;  and  to  a  certain 
extent  his  remarks  are  verified  by  inferences  drawn  from  these 
papers.  It  is  very  likely  that  this  book  was  printed  by  John- 
son, with  his  font  of  type,  then  presumably  new,  which  he 
brought  over  in  1665.  In  speaking  of  the  work,  Dr.  Haven 
says :  — 

I  have  a  complete  copy  of  this  edition,  but  the  name  of  the  printer, 
and  the  year  in  which  it  was  printed,  are  not  mentioned.  It  is  calcu- 
lated by  being  printed  in  a  small  page,  with  a  very  small  type,  to  bind 
up  with  English  editions  of  the  pocket  Bible  ;  and,  as  the  printing  is 
executed  by  a  good  workman,  and  is  the  best  that  I  have  seen  from  the 
Cambridge  press,  I  conclude,  therefore,  it  could  not  be  printed  by 
Green  before  the  arrival  of  Marmaduke  Johnson  in  IGGO;  I  have  no 
doubt  it  was  printed  under  Johnson's  care ;  and,  probably,  soon  after 
the  Indian  Bible  came  from  the  press  in  1663.  Johnson  was  a  good 
printer,  and  so  called  by  the  corporation  in  England,  who  engaged,  and 
sent  him  over,  to  assist  Green  in  printing  that  work.  Although  in  this 
edition  the  typography  far  exceeds  in  neatness  any  work  then  printed 
in  the  country,  it  is  very  incorrect ;  but  this  might  have  been  more  the 
fault  of  the  corrector  of  the  press,  than  of  the  printer.  My  belief  that 
it  was  published  about  the  year  1664,  or  1665,  is  confirmed  by  its  being 
printed  for  Hezekiah  Usher,  the  only  bookseller  that  I  can  find  an 
account  of  at  that  time,  in  New  England.  He  dealt  largely  in  mer- 
chandise, and  was  then  agent  to  the  corporation  in  England,  for 
propagating  the  Gospel  in  New  England.  It  is  a  curious  fact,  that 
nonpareil  types  were  used  so  early  in  this  country  ;  I  have  not  seen 
them  in  any  other  book  printed  either  at  Cambridge,  or  Boston,  before 
the  revolution ;  even  brevier  types  had  been  but  seldom  used  in  the 
printing  houses  in  Boston,  earlier  than  1760.  The  nonpareil  used  for 
the  Psalms  was  new,  and  a  very  handsome  faced  letter. 

The  first  restriction  on  the  liberty  of  the  press  at  Cambridge 
was  placed  by  the  General  Court  in  October,  1662,  when  two 
licensers  were  appointed  without  whose  "  allowance "  and 
approval  nothing  could  be  printed.  This  action  was  due, 
perhaps  entirely,  to  the  publication  of  some  religious  tracts 
during  the  preceding  year  which  gave  offence  to  the  clergy 
and  others.  The  founders  of  New  Encjland  feared  the  dancjers 
of  theological  heresy  more  than  those  of  political  revolutions. 
While  in  matters  of  government  they  were  far  in  advance 
of  their  contemporaries,  they  had  not  yet  learned  the  lesson 
of  toleration  in  religious  thought.     The  restriction,  however, 


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was  soon  taken  off,  as  tlie  law  was  repealed  at  the  next  session 
of  the  legislature,  which  began  on  Ma}-  27,  1G63,  but  only 
to  be  re-enacted  two  years  later,  with  an  additional  require- 
ment as  to   the  town   where  the  press  could  be  set  up. 

The  enactment  of  this  restriction  was  aimed  at  Johnson,  as 
it  was  passed  on  May  27,  ltl(]5,  —  after  his  arrival,  according 
to  the  second  petition,  —  and  not  on  October  19,  1GG4,  as 
stated  in  the  "■  History  of  Printing  "  (I.  58). 

The  volume  and  page  of  the  Archives  where  these  several 
manuscripts  may  be  found,  are  indicated  by  Roman  letters  and 
Aral)ic  figures  within  parentheses,  at  the  end  of  each  paper. 

The  legislative  order  in  regard  to  tlie  press  and  Johnson's 
two  petitions  are  as  follows :  — 

ffor  the  pveiitinge  of    Irregularities   &   abuse  to  the   Authoritie   of 

tills  Country  by  the  printinge  presse 
It  is  Ordered  by  this  Court  «&  Authoritie  thereof  that  there  shalbe  no 
printing  presses  allowed  in  any  towne  within  this  Jurisdiction  but  in 
Cambridge  nor  shall  any  pson  or  psons  p'^sume  to  print  any  Coppie  but 
by  the  allowance  first  hud  &,  obtayned  vnder  the  hands  of  such  as  this 
Court  shall  from  time  to  time  empowre  therevnto,  tfc  for  the  p'sent  doe 
nominate  &  empowre  Cap.  Daniel  Gookin  m  Tho :  Danforth  the  p'^sent 
p'sident  of  the  Colledge  *fc  m'  Jonathan  Michell  or  any  three  of  them 
duely  to  suruay  such  coppie  or  coppies  as  afloresd  tSc  in  case  of  non  ob- 
servance of  this  order  to  forfeit  the  prese  to  the  country  &  bo  disabled 
from  vsing  any  such  proffessio  \v"''"  this  Jurisdictio  for  the  time  to  come, 
provided  this  order  shall  not  extend  to  the  obstruction  of  any  Coppie 
which  this  Court  shall  judge  meet  to  order  to  be  )»ul»lished  in  print  the 
deputs  haut:  i»ast  this  desireinge  tho  consent  of  of  llono"'  niagists 

27  (3)"  1GG5  "Wii.i.iAM  TouRKY   Cleric 

Consented  vnto  pvided  that  insttail  of  Cap'  Danirll  Clciokin 
and  in'^  Tho  :  Danforth  in' John  Shearman  and  nr  Tho*  Shep- 
herd be  d(;puted  to  Joyne  w"'  tho  p'sent  ji'sedent  and  m'  Jona- 
than iMit«-helI  any  two  of  whome  shall  haue  power  to  allowo  or 
phibit  [Minting  according  to  this  order 


Consented  to  l)y  the  «lcputs 

Wii.i.iAM  ToicuKY   Cleric 

[Indnnicd]  Order  ali'  |iriutiug'  \p  Curium 
'J7  May  05 
1  r,r,5 

(bV I II.  :.:..; 


Ki :   llKi.LiNiaiAM    O'wf' 


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To  the  hono"^  the  Govern'',  the  Deputy  Govern'',  and  the  rest 
of  the  Honored  Magistrats,  &  deputies  of  the  Masachu- 
sets  CoIIony  Assembled  in  the  Generall  Court  at  Boston. 
29'."  2"?"  1G68 

The  humble  petition  of  Marmaduke  Johnson  of  Cambridge, 
Printer. 
Sheweth, 

That  yo''  petitioner  by  the  good  hand  &  providence  of  God 
returning  from  England  in  the  year  1665.  with  his  printing 
press,  &  letters,  and  finding  no  law  of  the  Country,  nor  order 
of  any  Court  to  prohibit  y^  Exercise  of  his  calling  in  any 
town,  or  place  convenient  within  this  Jurisdiction,  did  apply 
himself  (according  to  the  Custome  of  strangers)  to  the  Select- 
men of  the  Town  of  Boston,  for  their  admittance  of  him  into 
that  town  to  inhabit :  In  which  Juncturg  of  time,  yo'"  peti- 
tioner was  informed  that  an  order  had  passed  this  Hon''ed 
Court,  prohibiting  the  Exercise  of  printing  in  any  town  within 
this  Jurisdiction,  save  only  at  Cambridge.  Whereupon  yo"" 
petitioner  did  yeild  ready  obedience  thereunto,  and  tooke 
Cambridge  for  his  place  of  abode,  where  he  hath  ever  since 
continued.  Now  may  it  please  this  hon'"ed  Court,  yo""  peti- 
tioner finding  to  his  great  loss  &  detriment  the  inconveniency 
of  living  in  a  town  where  no  trade,  or  very  little  is  managed, 
especially  in  that  which  is  appertaining  to,  or  tends  to  the 
promotion  of  his  calling,  as  yo''  petitioner  is  ready  more  fully 
to  demonstrate  if  called  thereunto,  and  being  desirous  by  all 
lawfull  ways  &  means  to  make  himself,  and  his  art  as  usefull 
and  advantageous  to  this  Commonwealth  as  possibly  he  may, 
by  Gods  blessing  on  his  indeav''s :  And  humbly  conceiving  that 
there  is  not  the  like  restraint,  or  confinement  of  any  other 
art,  or  science : 

Doth  therefore  in  all  humility  pray  &  beseech  this 
hon''ed  Court,  that  you  would  be  pleased  to  take  the 
premises  into  yo'  grave  &  serious  Considerations,  that 
60  (if  in  yo""  wisdomes  you  shall  see  meet)  the  practi- 
tioners of  the  art  of  Printing  may  have  liberty  to  sit 
down  in  such  convenient  place  within  this  Jurisdiction, 
as  they  shall  finde  most  commodious  for  them ;  sub- 
mitting at  all  times  to  all  such  laws  &  orders  as  are,  or 
shall  be  made  concerning  the  premises,  by  the  Author- 
ity of  this  Coihonwealth. 

And  yo''  Petitioner  (as  in  duty  bound) 
shall  ever  pray.   &c. 


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The  Magists.  Judge  it  not  convenient  to  grant  the  peticoners 
recjuest   their  brethren  the  deputyes  hereto  Consenting 

Edw:  Kawson  Secre'' 
12  May  16G8 

The  deputyes  Consent  hereto 

AViLLiAM  Torri:y   Cleric. 

r 

The  deputyes  have  further  voted  that  the  pet.  should  hauo 
his  money  he  payd  for  entry  of  bis  pet.  be  returned  agayue 
w'!'  reilerence  to  the  consent  of  or  Ilono"'  magists  hereto 

AViLLiAM  ToiiKEY   Cleric. 
(LVIir.  .-.s.) 

To  the  hon*"!"  the  Governo'',  Deputy  Governo'',  &  the  rest  of 
the  hon'' :  Magistrates  &  Deputies  for  the  Massachusetts 
Colony,"  assembled  in  Generall  Court  at  Boston,  27 :  3** 
Moneth,  1674. 

The  humble  Potitiou  of  Marmaduke  Johnson  of  Cambridge, 
1'riiiti.r : 
Sheweth, 

That  yo''  pet"^  being  in  London  brought  up  in  the  Art  of  Print- 
ing, &  in  no  other  Calling  or  Oceupatiun  ;  &  being  by  the 
Providence  of  God  brought  into  this  Country  with  his  Press 
&  Letters  in  the  year  IGG.'i.  It  pleased  tliis  lion'!  C<»urt  (after 
liis  arrivall)  to  pass  an  Order  bearing  date  the  S**  of  May  in 
the  year  aforesaid,  thereby  j)r()hibiting  the  exercise  of  Printing 
in  any  Town  witiiin  this  Jurisdiction,  save  only  at  Cambridge: 
In  obedience  wherevnto  yo'  pet'  hath  ever  sinet;  made  that  his 
place  of  re.siden<'e.  But  lindiiig  by  long  &  sad  Kxperii-nee  the 
great  discofiiodity  &  detriment  by  such  Confinement  of  his 
Calling,  iV:  an  absolute  impossibility  of  providing  comfortably 
for  himself  &  family  by  the  Incomes  thereof,  though  managt'd 
with  gn;ate.st  Care,  l^k;  f()llowe<l  with  all  p()ssil)le  diligence,  not 
h:iviiig  im|)lr>ym('nt  tln-rein  for  om-  tliir<l  part  (if  his  time,  C'on- 
Jlicling  with  dilHcuItieB  too  great  iV:  many  to  bo  here  recited  : 
And  also  being  sensible  of  the  loss  iSi  disadvantage  accrewing 
li(?rel)y  tr>  the  Comonwealth,  wiio  by  his  ;\rttt  ICndeavo"  might 
have  many  vscfull  iV:  prolilalile  Trai-ts  printfd  an<l  pubjislu-d 
here,  were  he  allowc;*!  tin-  liln'rly  of  his  Calling  in  a  conven- 
ient place  of  Trade:  And  humbly  conceiving,  no  more  secu- 
rity to  the  State,  in  pnivenling  the  printing  tliingH  irregular, 
or  Hliimive  tlierevnto,  by  Hu<!h  ConfnMjment.  tln-n  if  it  were  ex- 
ercised in  the  most  popuKous]  Town  within  this  jmisdirtion  ; 
all  which  yo'  prt'  is  ready  to  demoustralc,  if  ealleil  ihcrcvnto: 


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Doth  therefore  in  all  humility  pray  this  hon'!  Court,  That  you  would  be 
pleased  to  take  the  premises  iuto  yo''  grave  &  serious  Considera- 
tions, &  grant  him  such  liberty  &  relief  therein  as  in  yo''  wisdoms 
shall  seem  meet ;  that  so  tlie  Art  of  Printing  may  by  this  bond : 
Court  be  duely  incouraged,  &  the  practition'"  thereof  have  lawful! 
liberty  of  exercising  the  same  in  such  place  within  this  Jurisdic- 
tion, as  they  shall  finde  most  coiuodious  for  them,  &  most  to  the 
advantage  of  the  Comonwealth  ;  submitting  at  all  times  to  such 
Laws  &  Orders  as  are  or  shall  be  made  concerning  the  premises, 
by  the  Authority  of  this  Coiiionwealth. 

And  yo""  pef  (as  in  duty  bound  shall  ever  pray  &c. 

Marmaduke  Johnson. 

30'^  May  1674: 

The  magis'^  Judge  meet  to  grant  the  peticoners 
request  so  as  nothing  be  printed  till  licenc 
be  obteyned  according  to  lawe  their  Breth- 
ren the  deputyes  hereto  Consenting 

Edw  Raws  on  Secre*" 

The  deputyes  Consent  hereto 

William  Torrey   Cleric. 
(LVIII.  91.) 

At  a  much  earlier  period  an  attempt  was  made  by  the 
General  Court  to  restrict  the  liberty  of  the  press  in  the 
Colony,  but  the  bill  passed  only  one  branch  of  the  legislature. 
The  exact  date  of  the  attempt  is  not  known,  but  it  was  either 
during  1651  or  1655,  —  probably  the  latter  year, —  as  those 
were  the  only  two  years  when  Endicott  was  Governor  while 
Rawson  was  Secretaiy  ;  and  in  1651  Shepard  was  an  under- 
graduate at  college.     The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  bill :  — 

ffor  as  much  as  seuerall  inconueniencys  may  acrew  to  the  Common- 
wealth by  ye  liberty  of  ye  pres  this  Cort  doth  heerby  order  y'  noe 
booke  or  wrighting  shall  bee  imprinted  w"'in  this  Jurisdiction  (exsept 
such  questions  as  are  ordinaryly  disputed  at  y*^  Commensmts  in  ye  Col- 
ledge  ffrom  time  to  time)  Vnless  they  shall  be  licenced  by  such  psons 
as  are  or  shall  bee  appoynted  by  this  Cort  for  y'  end,  &  iff  any  pson  or 
psons  shall  imprint  or  Cause  to  be  imprinted  any  booke  or  wrighting 
with  out  licence  (as  same  w'  before  is  expresd)  shall  therbv  incur  such 
Censure  from  this  Court  as  the  nature  of  y'  offence  shall  diserne,  & 
ffurther  this  Court  doth  heerby  nominate  &  authorise :  the  Gouerner 
for  ye  time  being  —  Maior  Daniell  Denuison  &  mr  Thomas  Sheperd 


56 

or  any  two  of  them  to  bee  licencers  of  y*  pres  (during  ye  pleasure  of 
ye  Court 

The  Deputies  haue  voted  tliis  order  desiring  our 

magistrates  concurrence  heerein 

EuwAUU  K.vwsox  Cleric. 

The  magistrates  see  no  ground  to  consent  w"'  o""  brethen 
the  deputies  heerein. 

Jo :  Enuecott.   Gou^ 
[Indorsed]  Bill  for  licenc"  to  y« 
prssf 
not  j,'ranted. 

(LVIir.  11.) 

A  dozen  years  Inter  anotlier  attempt  was  made  to  restrict 
the  liberty  of  the  press  liere,  but  it  j)roved  unsuccessful  :  — 

It  is  orderd  by  this  court  &  tlie  authority  therof :  that  no  printer 
within  this  Jurisdiction  shall  p'-sunie  to  imprint  any  book  or  paper,  for 
publike  sale,  vidcs  the  same  be  alowcd  vnder  the  hands  of  ux'  Charls 
Chau(;y  m""  Joim  .Sheinan  pastour  of  waterton  m""  Jonathan  Micliel  pas- 
tor of  Cambridge  m"'  Tiio  Shepard  teaclier  of  Charlestowne  or  any  2  of 
them  ;  vpon  the  penalty  of  forfeture  of  all  the  imp'^sious  to  be  seased 
on  by  warrant  from  one  or  2  magistrates  &  the  fine  of  fiue  pounds:  to 
be  payd  by  the  jirinter  for  eury  ofTene  Ix'ing  herof  Legaly  eoimicted 
The  niagists  haue  past  this  w"'  Itefferenco  to  the  Consent  of  their 
bretheren  tlie  deputjes  heereto 
21'.''  of  may  1GG7  Kdw'    Kawson   Sccrety 

the  debutys  Consntd  iiDt  bnto 
27:  .'! :  1 '"lOT  Kit  ii\i;ii   ^\'Al.l>l.u^'  Speker 

(LVlll.  .".) 

The  foUowinf^  papers  set  forth  RufTicieutly  well  tlieir  own 
story.  The  answers,  made  by  (Jret.'n  and  Johnson,  on  St  jitcin- 
l)er  3,  1008,  to  tlie  Ciovernor  and  Council,  are  of  special  in- 
terest as  they  ^ive  the  titles  of  some  early  Amciican  imprints, 
which  liitherlo  liavo  escape<l  the  attention  of  bibljoi^fiaphers. 
*' The  Isle  of  I'ines,"  printed  by  Johnson  witlmut  authority, 
was  a  small  pamphlet  of  the  Maron  Muntdiauscn  order,  which 
in  its  day  [)a.s8ed  throui,di  .several  editions  in  I'jit,dand  and  on 
the  Continent.  Un<loubtedly  it  sho(;kcd  the  .sensibilities  of 
the  trnthfid  and  matter-of-fact  authorities  here,  and  probably 
was  the  immediate  cause  of  the  jtroseeiition  of  the  juinter, 
which  resulted  in  u  fine  of  five  pounds.     Perhaps  ''  the  iMinur," 


57 


also  printed  by  Johnson,  is  the  long-sought-for  first  edition  of 
the  New-England  Primer,  which  for  so  many  years  has  been 
a  puzzle  to  collectors  and  librarians. 

To  Marshall  Edward  Micbelsou 
You  are  hereby  required  in  his  maj'^°  name  forthwith  to  Suihon  & 
Require  Marmaduke  Johnson  Printer  to  make  his  personall  appearance 
before  the  Council  sitting  at  Boston  on  S'*  Instant  at  nine  of  y"  clock  in 
the  morning  to  give  an  account  of  what  bookes  haue  lately  been  printed 
at  Cambridg  by  whom.  &  by  what  Authoritye :  hereof  you  are  not  to 
faile  dated  in  Boston.  2d  September  1668. 

Making  your  returne  to  y'^  Secretary 

By  y*"  Council  Enw  Eattson  Secrety 

To  marshall  Edward  Michelson 
You  are  hereby  required  in  his  maj'^*  name  forthwith  to  sumon  &  re- 
quire Samuell  Green :  Printer  to  make  his  personall  appearanc  before 
the  Council  sitting  at  Boston  on  3*^  Instant  at  nine  of  ye  clocke  in  the 
morning  to  give  an  account  of  what  bookes  haue  lately  been  printed  at 
Cambridge :  by  whom  &  by  what  authority  :  hereof  you  are  not  to 
faile  dated  at  Boston.  2''  Septemb:  1668.     Making  your  returne  to  the 

Secretarv  • 

By  y"^  Council :  Edw:  Rawson  Secrety 

Att  A  Councill  held  at  Boston  3  Sept  68. 
The  warrants  were  Read  y'  were  sent  for  for 
\_sic']  Samuell  Grene  Printer  &c. 
being  askt  what  bookes  he  had  printed  for 
whom  &  by  w'  Authority  he  AnsM  a  Drop 
of   Houey  he   printed   for    himself  =  2  y* 
Rule  of  y"  new  Creature :    3  y''  way  to  a 
blessed  Estate  in  this  life.     4  The  Assem- 
bly of  Divines  Chatchise  5  a  narration  of  y'' 
plague  «&  fier  at  London.     6  Tidings  from 
Roome    the  grand   Trappan    7  y'  he  had 
licenc  for  them  all  from  :  y''  President  &, 
M''  Michelle  &  y*^  young  mans  monito"" : 
Marmaduke  John,  w'  books 
Ans^!',  he  printed  the  primer :  &  and  [siV]  y* 
psalter  :  2.  IMeditations  on  deatli  &  eternity 
3  ( :  4  y*^  Rise  spring  &;c  of  y"  Annabaptists 
5  Isle  of  Pines:  he  hath  y""  Righteous  mans: 
euidenc  for  heauen.  by  M"^  Rog''s  he  had  licenc 
for  all    by  mf  Presidut  &.    m''    Chancey   [?J 
but  y*  Isle  of  Pines. 
(LVTIT.  59.) 


P'sent 

Gou""  [Bellingham] 
Dept  Gou^  [Willoughby] 
Synion  Bradstreet 
Sam.  Symonds 
Dani.  Gookin 
Dani.  Dennison 
Rich  Russell 
Tho  Danforth 
W'"  Hawthorn 
Eliaz""  Lusher 
Jn"  Leueret 
Jn°  Pinchon 
Edw  Ting 


^Esq^ 


58 

At  the  end  of  Johnson's  answer  to  the  Governor  and  Council, 
the  name  of  Mr.  Cliauncy  is  evidently  a  mistake  for  that  of 
Mr.  Mitchell,  a.s  Chauncy  was  then  the  president  of  the  College. 
The  Historical  Society  has  a  copy  of  the  fourth  title  mentioned 
in  Johnson's  list,  namely  :  ''  The  Rise,  Spring  and  Foundation 
of  the  Anabaptists,''  etc. 

To  the  honorable  Couiicill  of  the  Comonwealth. 

The  humble  Petition  of  Marmaduke  Johnson  of 
Cambridge,  Printer. 
Sheweth, 

That  yo'  Petition''  doth  with  all  humility  acknowledge  his  rash- 
ness &  inadvertency  in  printing  a  late  pamphlett  (called,  The  Isle 
of  Pines)  without  due  Order  &  License  first  had  &  obtain'd  ; 
for  which  being  sumoiied  before  their  honorable  Count-ill, 
upon  his  Confession  &  conviction,  was  fined  in  the  sum  of  live 
pounds  to  the  Comonwealth.  Now  may  it  please  this  hon- 
oured Council!,  yo'  Petition'  having  in  that  act  no  intent  or 
design  to  contemn  Authority,  or  to  vend  or  publish  anything 
that  might  be  displeasing  thereto  (as  may  appear  by  his  alhx- 
ing  his  Name  to  the  said  Pamphlett)  but  only  the  liope  of 
procuring  something  to  himself  thereby  for  his  necessary  sub- 
sistence ;  his  calling  in  this  Country  being  very  chargeable, 
his  living  thereon  dilRcult,  the  gain  thereby  vncertain,  cV:  his 
losse  by  printing  frccpient:  He  therefore  humbly  prayos  this 
honoured  Councill,  (if  it  may  seem  good  to  yo'  wisdomes) 
that  the  said  fine  may  l)e  remitted  vnto  him,  &  he  discharged 
from  tiie  [jayment  thereof. 

And  vo'  pet'  shall  ever  pray  &c. 
(LVIII.  ();}.) 

'J'he  following  papers  rcdate  to  Sanuicl  (Irceu,  tlic  imniediato 
successor  of  Stei)heii  D.iy,  wlio  was  the  jiiniicfr  jnimcr  in  the 
English  colonics.  Though  not  hred  (<>  llu;  art,  lie  hegan  to 
print  about  tlu;  year  lOl'.*,  and  continued  in  the  business  until 
about  10*J2,  the  date  of  his  latest  publication,  lie  was  llui 
father  of  a  race  of  printers,  ami  two  of  his  sons,  Samuel,  Jr., 
and  liartlujlomew,  W(M(!  brought  up  to  the  same  ealling,  as 
were  many  of  bis  descendants.  The  failur  died  in  ('and)ridg(', 
on  Janiuiry  1,  ITOii,  aged  87  years;  and  Samuel,  .Ir,,  died  in 
I'oston,  during  the  latter  part  of  .Inly,  IdlK),  aged  .J2  years. 
Allusion  to  the  son's  dealb  is  found  in  one  of  the  following 
bills,  which  wore  made  out  by  tin;  brother  who  administered 
on  the  estate.    IJartholomew  died  in  Boston,  on  December  28, 


59 

1732,  aged  65  years,  having  lived  a  life  distinguished  for  piety 
and  benevolence. 

Several  of  the  titles  charged  in  the  first  bill,  notably  "  An 
Act  for  a  fast  printing  twice  over"  (February  17,  1690),  "  one 
Sheet  of  Laws  for  Reformation "  (March  17),  and  "  a  half 
Sheet  about  Sr:  William  [Phips]  to  go  General"  (March 
24),  are  to  be  found  in  the  Historical  Librar}^,  and  are  men- 
tioned in  the  list  of  Early  American  Imprints  given  in  the 
Proceedings  (second  series,  IX.  484,  486)  for  February,  1895. 

To  the  Hon'"*'^  Generall  Court  assembled 
at  Boston,  the  Information  &  request 
of  Samuel  Green,  Printer  at  Cambridge 
Humbly  sheweth 

Whereas  yo  poare  Servant  hath  (althovgh  with  many  wants  & 
difficultyes)  spent  some  yeares  in  attending  ye  service  of  ye  Country 
in  that  worke  of  Printing,  The  Presse  &  the  appurtenances  thereof, 
w*hout  a  speedy  svpply,  &  y'  especially  of  letters,  &  those  princi- 
pally for  y''  printing  of  English,  is  now  almost  wholy  vncapeable  of 
farther  improvem',  either  for  the  answering  of  y**  Countryes  expec- 
tation, or  for  the  benefitt  of  such  as  are  employed  therein,  &  y* 
Colledge  (to  whome  y*^  presse  doth  pperly  belong)  have  not  ability 
in  theyr  hands  to  helpe,  so  that  vnlesse  some  p'"seut  care  bee  taken 
by  the  wisdome  &  furtherance  of  this  Hon"^  Court,  y^  improvem* 
thereof  must  of  necessity  cease,  &  yo""  poore  servant  must  bee 
forced  to  change  either  his  habitation  or  employm'  or  both.  The 
consideration  &  supply  whereof  is  the  humble  request  of  yo  poore 
servant,  or  if  not,  yo  determination  therein,  y'  so  hee  may  more 
clearely  see  his  way  for  ye  serving  of  the  pvidence  of  god  in  some 
other  calling. 

In  answer  to  this  pet.  the  deputyes  Conceiue  the  Consideration 
hereof  should  be  Commended  to  the  Comissione"  of  the  Vnited 
Colonyes  at  their  next  meetinge  that  so  they  may  write  to  the  Cor- 
poration in  England  if  they  se  meet  for  the  pcureing  of  201'  worth 
of  letters  for  the  vse  of  the  Indian  College  the  deputyes  haue  past 
this  &  desire  o""  hon'^.''  magists  Consent  hereto. 

William  Toruey  Cleric 
Consented  to  by  y'^  Magists. 

Edw  Rawson  Secrety 
5  June  1G58. 

[Indorsed]  Sarjant  Greens  PeticOn 

Entred  w">  y<=  magists  &  nothing  due  p  Curiam 
Ent  1658. 

(LVIII.  37.) 


GO 

To  the  Honoured  Councill  sitting  att  Boston 
the  Humble  request  of  Sanuiel  Green  printer  to  the  Colledge 
att  Cambridge  : 

Hunibly  intreateth  that  whereas  there  was  an  Order  made  by  the  Hon- 
oured Geuerall  Court  concerning  printing  :  that  there  sliould  be  no 
printing  but  att  Cambridge  ;  and  that  what  was  printed  there  shoukl  be 
approved  by  those  four  Gentlemen  ap[)ointed  by  the  Court  then,  or  any 
two  of  them,  yo''  Worships  would  please  to  explaine  whether  it  is  retjuired 
those  Gentlemen  that  allow  of  the  printing  of  what  is  presented,  should 
sett  to  their  hands  as  Imprimators  to  it ;  as  also  when  tliey  express  there 
shall  be  no  printing  but  att  Cambridge,  whether  the;\'  intend  that  any  one 
may  sett  up  printing,  provided  it  be  in  that  town,  or  any  part  of  it;  or 
whether  tliey  intend  that  the  printing  be  only  under  the  inspection  of 
the  Colledge  there ;  if  there  be  libertie  for  any  to  sett  up  printing  in  the 
limitts  of  tiiat  Town  that  they  would  please  to  make  such  orders  concern- 
ing it,  that  one  may  not  wrong  another  by  printing  anothers  copie  when 
he  hath  been  att  charge  about  it,  as  it  is  in  other  places  where  several! 
printing  houses  are  :  for  some  of  us  do  find  a  need  of  such  things  already, 
although  there  is  but  worke  little  inough  for  one  printing  house,  to  tiio 
great  discouragement  of  yo''  poor  Serv' :  in  the  place  whereto  he  hath 
been  called  and  hitherto  to  bin  poor  abillitie  hath  endeavoured  to  be 
faithfull   in  it,  according  to  what  hath  been   retpiired 

And  yo'  Serv' :  shall  ever  pray  : 
Cambu:  Octob:  14:  (08) 
(LVIII.  r,o.) 

The  new  Council  D'-  since  tlie  General  Court : 
1089:  for  Printing: 

April  ts       8       d 

20  :     To  an  ord.r  to  the  (  onstables.  00  -  05  -  00 

May:         2     To  an  Act  to  send  2  men  of  every  Town 

to  the  Council :  (HI  -  0.")  -  00 

3     To  an  Act  for  a  fast  00-10-00 

80     To  an   A(!t  of  the  Coinnil    for  tin-   Repre- 
sentatives 00  -  0."»  -  00 
Juno         1  I      To    2   Acts  of  the   Coumi!   iiliont    llir    Mi- 
litia, &c:                                                            (II  -(1(1-00 
July           3     To  :',  AcUs  of  ih.-  CouiKiJ.  F,  h  V  A.t  :               dO-  IT) -00 
0      To  an  Act  of  half  a  Shc.-t  about  tli."  militia      (10-  10-00 
11      To  an  Act  of  till!  Council  alxml  a  lluiiiiUa- 

tion  day,  00-  10-00 

Se])t  C     To  an    Act  of  the    Cnunril    h.ili    a    -h(  <  i, 

about  n  loan  for  money,  "      |il  _  OO 

fi     To  |>riiiting  a  brf)a<l-side  for  SubscriptioiiH       00-  10-00 
7     To  printiii:,'  a  warrant  for  iho  Treasurer,         00  -  0';  -  00 


Gl 


[Sept]  9 
12 

November) 
27) 

Decern :  6 
10 

1690:) 
Janua :    3) 


Febru:  17: 
18 

22 

24 
March :     5 


17 
24 

April : 

1: 
5 

]\Iay 
June 

24 

20 

July 

30 
3 

6 

21: 

inoo 

August 

9: 
20 

To  printing  an  Act  for  a  fast  half  a  sheet        00-10-00 
To  printing  a  sheet  of  Laws  on  both  sides       01-05-00 

To  a  warrant  for  G  Rates  together  00  -  05  -  00 

To  a  warrant  for  a  Rate  &  half  00  -  05  -  00 

To  an  Order  for  a   Thanks-giving  half  a 

sheet  00-10-00 

To  an  order  for  a  Contribution  for  Capt. 

Peas  half  sheet  00-10-00 

To  an  Act  about  Settling  the  Government 

half  sheet:  00-10  =  00 

To  an  Act  about  Souldiers  Debentors  half 

sheet  00  -  10  =  00 

To  an  Act  for  a  fast  printing  twice  over         00  -  10  =  00 
To  an  Act  of  the  General  Court  to  Con- 

stibles  to  bring  y  Rates  0-10-00 

To  a  Sheet  of  Laws  about  voting  for  Elec- 
tion &c :  01-10  =  00 
To  2  orders  of  Court  for  the  Treasurer  01-00-00 
To  Commissions  of  foot  Comjianies  100  a 

peace,  3  of  them 
To   4    Coiiiissions   for   Troopers,   for   the 

Comission  officers  01 

To  one  Sheet  of  Laws  for  Reformation  01 

To  a  half  Sheet  about  Sr  :  William  [Phips] 

to  go  General  00 

To  printing  a  warrant  for  ten  Rates  00 

To  3  Comissions  for  Captains,  Lieutenants  ) 

&  Ensigns  for  the  present  war  j 

To  Comissions  for  Capt :  Lieut :  &  Ensigns     01 
To  a   Proclamation    for   Souldiers   to   go 

against  Canada  00 

To  an  half  sheet  for  a  fast  00 

To  2  Acts  of  Court  on  half  a  sheet  of  paper 

100  of  them  :  00  = 

To   Comissions  for  Captains  Lieutenants, 

&  Ensigns,  01  = 

To  printing  warrants  for  2  Rates  a  Large 

one 

Since  my  Brothers  Death  : 

To  printing  a  warrant  for  Rates,  00  =  05  -  00 

To  an  order  for  a  Fast  a  Large  one,  00  =  10  =  00 


01-10-00 

10-00 
10-00 

10-00 
05-00 

10-00 
10-00 

10-00 
10-00 

10  =  00 

10  =  00 

00-06-00 
24=  11  =00 


C2 


[August]    23     To  a  warrant  for  Rates 

2o     To   priming  au  Order  about   Heads  of 
Families 


total 


00  =  05  =  00 

00  =  07  =  00 

01  =  07  =  00 
24  =  11=00 

£  25  =  18  =  00 


Oct^  20.  IGOO.  This  is  a  true  ace* 
taken  out  of  ye  Book  of  Sum^ 
Green  deceased  as  attest, 

Bartholomew  Green, 

[Indorsed]  Ordered,  tlmt  mr  Treasiir':  pay  the  Sui'ie  of  tlic  witliin  written  Acco'.' 
amounting  to  Twenty  IJive  pounds  Kigliteen  Sliillings  in  or  aa  money  unto 
tlie  Administ"  of  the  within  named  Samuel  Green. 


Xovr  7.  1C90. 


(LVIII.  137,  13S.) 


Past  in  y*^^  atKrmative  b\'  the  Gov^ 
and  Assistants. 

Is*  Addington  Seen/. 

Consented  to  by  the  Deputyes 

John  Clauk  Cler 


1G91: 
April 


April 
June 


The  Country  D.-: 


20. 


To   printing   an   order   of  the  Court  for  "^ 
Soldiers  to  come  in  to  tli«  Conmiittee  V 


ts        8 
00=  13 


d 

00 


::") 


12. 


June; 
July. 
July 

August.  7. 
Se|)teui :  11. 
OctijlxT  ■_'•'< : 
October  J  I  : 

October.  '27  : 


within  three  months 
To  printing  an  order  of  a  fast 
T(j  printing  an  order  of  the  Court  for  the 
Treasurer  to  send  wurrants  to  the  Con- 
stibles  to  get  their  Raits,  A  Large  half 
sheet  of  the  small  Letter,  about  100 
To  [irinting  a  Large  warrant,  about  100: 
To  printing  a  warrant 
10     To  printing  a  wiirrant  fur  Comiuissiout'r.s 
7.     To  printing  :iu  Advertisement  about  3(»0  : 
To  printing  a  Large  warrants  for  deputies, 
To  printing  tin-  Tickets  about  HOO 
To  printing  a  Large  warrant  to  ([ulcken  } 


Constibles  to  get  in  there  Itaits  ^ 

To  printing  an  order  for  a  Thansgiving 


00-  10^  00 

01  .  00  =  00 

00  =15  =  00 
00  =  08  =  00 
00-08-00 
00  ..  08  -  00 
00  ^.  08  -  00 
00  -  1 2  -  00 

00  -  08  -  00 

00j.;^16_00 

£  OG^OG  -  00 


V  Bautuolo  :  Grken. 
[Indorncil]  Cap".'  Orcfn".  Acco'.' 
of  I'rintinif  unto 
Nov!   l«'.f»l. 
Nil  pr'iili«t  (|uodnon  Legcre  poiiit  idem. 

(I.VIII.  l.'/j.) 


THE 


LIBRARY 

O  F 

The  Late  Reverend  and  Learned 

Mr.  Samuel  Lee. 

A  Choice  Var/cty  of  Poob  upon  al]  SuhjeStsi  >9attfciJai^y,  Cotnen- 

-tancs  on  ike  mie  5  Bocffcs  ci  Divfr^fty/  The  Vorlcs  a5^well  of  tfie 

j^nciini,  as  cf  tKa   Modern  Divmcs;  Tteatrfcs  <rKiAe  ^f4^)lfn,^•cJ(5 

in  All  Partt :   Htftory,  ^^nhquihes;  NMuraJ  7hl?oro^y   Phyric^,4nd 

C/vymtftTy;  VVttK.  CIrATnWAr  kM  SckeclSooks 

y^iik  many  \nore  Choice 'Be ohs  not  Tnentioned  in  t/iis  CdU^ogue. 

£xpo(icJ  at  tK^  Tnoft  "Eafy  ^-fes^  |o  Safe,   Sy  2)^;?^;,  aMl,  Boclt- 


^ajii>^TT'\y\t&i  fay  Z>iajc4Ht:kftiM  Book-feller  Rtthe  7>ockAaxd oSQf.  g^lhtt 
•fetter  .vn  S^/^*^ 


AN   EARLY   BOOK-CATALOGUE   PRINTED 
IN   BOSTON. 


Dr.  Samuel  A.  Green  presented  the  following  paper : 

Among  the  books  of  the  Prince  Collection,  formerly  in  the 
keeping  of  this  Society  for  more  than  half  a  century,  but  now 
in  the  possession  of  the  Boston  Public  Library,  is  a  pamphlet 
bound  up  with  a  Catalogue  of  Harvard  College  Library 
(1723).^  It  contains  a  list  of  books  previously  belonging  to 
a  New  England  minister,  and  offered  for  sale  by  a  bookseller 
in  Boston  more  than  two  hundred  years  ago.  Considerable  in- 
terest attaches  to  the  pamphlet  from  the  fact  that  probabl}-  it  is 
the  earliest  instance  in  New  England  of  a  printed  catalogue  of 
books  advertised  for  sale.  About  1,000  titles,  mostly  in  Latin, 
are  given ;  and  of  these  perhaps  200  are  in  English,  which 
include  not  more  than  six  or  eight  American  ones.  The 
books  are  arranged  in  the  pamphlet  both  by  sul)jects  and  sizes 
(folios,  quartos,  etc.),  but  without  date  or  place  of  publica- 
tion ;  and  the  general  character  of  the  works  is  furnished  by 
the  titlepage,  of  which  a  fac -simile  is  given  opposite. 

Presumably  the  following  bore  American  imprints:  — 

"  A  Psalm  Book  "  ;  "  A  New  England  Confession  of  Faith  "  ; 
"  Mather's  Mystery  of  Christ "  ;  "  Higginson's  Legacy  of 
Peace  " ;  "  The  Shorter  Catechism  with  Exposition  upon  the 
same  "  ;  "  Hubbard's  benefit  of  a  well  Ordered  Conversation  "  ; 
and  perhaps  a  few  others.         * 

In  Part  I.  of  the  Brinley  catalogue  of  books  which  were 
sold  in  New  York,  on  March  10-15,  1879,  title  No.  1G69  is 
a  catalogue  of  the  Rev.  Ebenezer  Pemberton's  library  adver- 
tised to  be  sold  by  auction  in  Boston,  on  July  2,  1717  ;  and 
between  quotation  marks  it  is  said  in  a  note  to  be  "  perhaps 
the  first  instance  in  New  England  of  a  printed  catalogue  of 
Books  at  auction,"  though  no  authority  is  given  for  the  quoted 
paragraph.  In  tiie  case  of  the  Pemberton  librar}^  it  will  be 
noticed  that  the  sale  was  by  auction,  while  in  the  other  case 
the  books  were  sold  over  the  counter.  Keeping  in  mind  this 
difference  in  the  manner  of  selling  the  two  libraries,  the 
inferential  statement  may  be  correct. 

1  According  to  this  Catalogue  there  was  in  the  College  Library  at  that  time 
an  edition  of  "  Shakespear's  Plays  "  (London,  1709),  in  six  volumes. 


CG 

Titlepage,  verso  blank  ;  1,2,  ''  Latin  Folio's  Divinity  "  ;  2,  3,  "  Quarto's 
Latin  ";  3,  4,  '•  Octavo's  Latin  " ;  4,  5,  "  English  Quarto's  Divinity  "  ; 
5,  6,  *'  Divinity  English  Octavo's  "  ;  G,  "  Physical  Books  Folio," 
"  Phisical  Books  in  Quarto " ;  G,  7,  "  Phisical  Hooks  in  Octavo 
Latin'';  7,  8,  "Philosophy  Folio's*';  8,  "Philosophy  Quarto's 
Latin,"  "Philosophy  in  Octavo";  8,  9,  "Mathematical,  Astrologi- 
cal and  Astronomical  Folio's  Latin";  9,  "Quartos,"  "P^nglish," 
•'Astronomy  English   Quarto's";   9,  10,  "History  Folio  Latin:"; 

10,  "  Histories  in  Folio  English";  11.  "Histories  in  Octavo  Eng- 
lish," "Histories  in  Quarto  Latin  ""  ;  11,  12,  "Histories  in  Octavo 
Latin :" ;  1 2, "  School  Authors  in  Folio,"  "  School  Authors  in  Quarto," 
"  School  Authors  in  Octavo"  ;  12,  13,  "Juris  Prutk-ntia  Libr."  ;  13, 
"Misellanie  Beoks";  13,  14,  "  Box  21  Lat :  Oct.";  14-lG,  "  Box  22 
Latin  Octavo's."  Hea<lliiies  as  follows  :  —  2,  '*  Divinity  Latin  Folio's 
and  (Quart's  "  ;  3,  "  Divinity  Quarto's  Latin  " ;  4.  ''  Divinity  Eng- 
lish Folio's  and  Quarto's"  ;  5,  "  Divinity  English  Quarto's  and  Oc- 
tavo's '' ;  G,  "  Divinity  Quarto's  English  &  Phisical  Books  in  Folio 
6c  Quarto  Lat.  "  ;  7,  ''  Pliisick  Books  Latin  Octavo,  and  Philosophy 
Folio";  8,  "Philosophy  Quarto  &  Octavo  Gosmograh :  and  Geo- 
graph.  Folio  "  ;  9,  "  3Iatheraatical,  Astrological,  Astronomical,  F'o- 
lio's,  Quarto's  Latin";   10,  "  History  Latin  and  English.  Folio"; 

11,  "Histories  Octavo  English.  Histories  Quarto  and  Octavo 
Latin";  12,  "Histories  in  Octavo  Latin,  School  Authors  Folio's 
&  Quarto's  Latin";  13,  "  Miscelany  Books  Latin  Octavo's"; 
14-lG,  "Latin  Octavo's." 

The  border-pieces  used  on  tlie  titlepage  above  the  iiiiiirint 
are  siniilar  to  tliose  often  seen  in  the  issues  of  Green's  j)ress, 
wliether  coming  from  the  fatlier  in  Cambridge,  or  from  either 
of  the  sons  in  Boston  ;  but  very  rarely  seen  in  the  issues  of 
Other  printer.s,  such  as  Pierce,  Harris,  or  Allen.  Under  the  im- 
print, near  the  bottom  of  the  page,  in  Mr.  Prince's  well-kimwn 
handwriting,  api)i*ars  the  following:  "Mr  B  (trccn  says  — 
This  was  Prind  by  liis  Broth  Samuel's  Letter,  in  Boston." 
Bartholomew  Green  was  a  i)rinter,  as  well  as  his  biother 
Samuel,  who  died  in  didy,  liJlM).  Proi)ably  the  meaning  of 
the  sentence  is  that  Bartholomew  using  liis  brother's  typt^ 
printed  tlio  catalogue,  as  at  the  date;  of  its  pidtli(  alion  he  had 
a  press  in  Boston.  It  is  interesting  to  notc!  lh(!  use  of  the 
word  "letter"  in  the  sense  of  *' type,"  whi(di  was  nr»t  un- 
common in  those  early  tiujes.  At  the  end  (d'  an  Almanac 
for  10m2,  belonging  to  this  Society,  Ghief-Jiistiee  Sewall  has 
written  :    "  Tliu  last  half  Slieet  was  Printed  w"'  my  Letters, 


67. 

at  Boston.  S.  S."  During  that  period  he  had  the  official  man- 
agement of  the  printing-press  in  Boston,  having  been  duly 
appointed  by  the  General  Court.  The  last  four  leaves  of 
the  Almanac,  or  half  signature,  are  printed  with  a  different 
font  of  type  from  the  other  pages,  which  explains  Se wall's 
memorandum. 

The  Reverend  Samuel  Lee,  the  former  owner  of  the  library, 
was  a  native  of  London,  where  he  was  born  in  the  year  1625. 
He  was  educated  at  Wadham  College,  Oxford,  and  was  a 
Fellow  in  the  same  college,  and  later  a  Proctor  in  the  Uni- 
versity. For  some  years  he  was  settled  as  the  minister  of  an 
independent  church  at  Newington  Green,  near  London,  Dur- 
ing the  summer  of  1686  he  came  to  New  England  in  order 
that  he  might  more  freely  exercise  the  functions  of  his  office 
in  accordance  with  his  own  sense  of  duty  ;  and  during  the 
spring  of  the  next  3"ear  he  was  settled  over  the  church  at 
Bristol,  Rhode  Island.  Here  he  remained  for  four  years, 
when  with  his  family  he  set  sail  from  Boston  for  his  native 
land.  After  a  stormy  voyage  the  vessel  was  captured  by 
a  French  privateer  near  the  coast  of  Ireland,  when  the  pas- 
sengers were  taken  to  St.  ]\ralo,  in  France.  While  his  family 
was  allowed  to  proceed  tlience  to  London,  he  w^as  held  as 
a  captive,  and  died  in  prison  some  time  during  the  month  of 
December,  1691. 

In  liis  ]\Iagnalia  (Book  III.  page  223),  Cotton  Mather  speaks 
warmly  in  praise  of  Mr.  Lee,  and  says  of  him  that  "  hardly 
ever  a  more  Universally  Learned  Person  trod  the  American 
Strand."  Two  sermons  preached  by  Mr.  Lee  at  Bristol,  on 
October  7,  1687,  were  printed  in  Boston  soon  after  his  death  ; 
and  one  of  them  was  "  Accompany'd  with  Preparatory  Medi- 
tations, upon  the  Day  of  Judgement,"  by  Dr.  Mather.  Other 
works  by  him  were  also  published  in  Boston,  both  before  and 
since  his  death. 

Book-catalogues  printed  in  New  England  before  the  Revo- 
lution are  now  rare,  but  references  to  them  are  often  found 
in  the  newspapers  of  that  period.  The  following  advertise- 
ment, taken  from  "The  New-England  Courant "  (Boston), 
September  28,  1724,  is  an  instance  in  point:  — 

^^  The  Library  of  the  Reverenrl  and  Learned  John  Leveret,  late 
President  of  Harvard  College  in  Cambridge,  being  a  fine  Collection  of 


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very  valuable  Books  of  Divinity,  Philosophy,  Law,  &c.  is  to  be  sold 

by  Auctiou  in  Boston,  the Day  of  October  next.     The  Catalogue 

will  be  printed  as  soon  as  possible,  and  given  out  by  S.  Gerrish 
and  D.  Henchiuaii,  Booksellers,  near  the  Brick  Meeting-I  louse  in 
Cornhill. 

The  four  following  advertisements  are  taken  from  "  The 
New-England  Weekly  Journal"  (Boston)  of  tiie  respective 
dates,  as  given  at  the  end  of  each  one :  — 

Oil  Thursday  next  the  1-lth.  lustaut  will  bo  Sold  by  publick  Vendue 
at  the  Koyal  Exchange  Tavern,  a  Choice  and  Valuable  Collection  of 
Books  printed  Catalogues  with  the  Conditions  of  Sale,  may  be  had 
at  Mr.  Eliot's  Shop. 

November  11,  1728. 

A  Collection  of  very  valuable  BOOKS,  English,  French,  Latin,  &c. 
To  be  Sold  by  Vendue  at  the  Royal  Exchange  in  Boston,  on  Thursday 
next  the  23d  Instant,  at  Three  a  Clock,  P.  M.  The  Books  may  be 
seen  the  Day  before  the  Sale  at  the  .same  Place,  where  Catalogues  may 
be  had  gratis,  as  also  at  Mr.  Benj  Elliot's  Shop  in  King-street. 

January  20,  1729. 

To  be  Sold  by  Vendue,  at  the  House  of  Thomas  Fleet,  at  the  Sign 
of  flir-  Heart  and  Crown  in  Cornhill,  Boston,  a  good  Collection  of 
liOOKS,  consisting  of  Divinity,  Philosophy,  Classical  Learning,  &c. 
The  Sale  of  which  is  design'd  to  begin  on  Wcdnesflay  the  7th  of  April 
next,  at  4  P.  M  Printed  Catalogues  may  be  had  at  Mr.  Henchman's 
Shop,  and  at  tlie  Place  of  Sale,  where  the  Books  may  oe  seen,  three 
Days  before  the  Auction  begins. 

March  29,  1731. 

Tliere  is  juHt  Arrived  from  London,  a  Large  Collection  of  \'a]uablo 
&  Curious  Books,  ConslHling  of  most  I''a(*ulties,  and  in  sivend  l.aii- 
gunges.  CalalogueH  njay  l)e  had  at  Messieurs  Ilenelmian  loid  llan- 
ciKik'n  Shops  (HookHcllcrH  in  Boston)  against  Thursilay  nt^.xt. 

N.  B.  The  Itottks  arc  mostly  New,  and  in  good  Condition,  and  will 
be  Sold  very  Cheap. 

Jnnt'Jl,  1731. 

Anotlicr  InstHiice  is  found  in  "The  Massacliusetts  (la/.cttc  : 
and  the  Boston  Weekly  News- Letter,"  April  H,  177.".,  as 
follows :  — 


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On  Wedncsdcuj  5th  Ma?/, 

At  NINE  o'clock  in  the  Morning, 

WILL  be  Sold  by  PUBLIC  VENDUE,  at  the 

Auction-Room  in  Queen-street, 
A  very  large  and  valuable 

Collection  of  BOOKS, 

being  the  Library  of  a  Gentleman  deceas'd. 
^^  Printed  Catalogues  will  be  delivered  in  Season 
by  J.  Eussell,  Auctioneer. 

Still  another  is  found  in  "  The  Boston-Gazette,  and  Country 
Journal,"  Supplement,  May  17,  1773,  as  follows :  — 

The   LIBRARY   of 
Sir  Francis  Bernard, 

CONSISTING  of  a  very  large  and  valuable  Collection  of  BOOKS, 
will  be  sold  vert  cheap  at  private  Sale,  at  the  Shop  lately 
occupied  by  Mr.  Fleeming,  opposite  the  South  Door  of  the  Town 
House,  from  Monday  the  24th  to  Friday  the  28th  Instant,  inclusive. 
Gentlemen  who  may  incline  to  purchase,  are  desired  to  apply  within 
that  Time,  as  the  Sale  will  not  be  continued  longer. 
CATALOGUES  may  be  had  of  Edes  and  Gill. 

These  extracts  from  the  advertising  columns  of  early  news- 
papers—  and  they  are  by  no  means  exhaustive  —  show  that 
printed  catalogues  for  the  sale  of  books  at  that  period  were 
common ;  but  specimens  of  them  to-day  are  very  rarely 
found. 

There  is  on  the  shelves  of  the  Historical  Society  a  copy  of 
"  A  Catalogue  of  Mein's  Circulating  Library  ;  consisting  of 
above  Twelve  Hundred  Volumes,  in  most  Branches  of  polite 
Literature,  Arts  and  Sciences"  (pp.  57),  which  was  printed  in 
the  year  17G5.  Among  all  the  books  mentioned  in  the  cata- 
logue there  is  only  one  work  bearing  an  American  imprint,  viz., 
"  The  American  Magazine,"  published  in  Boston,  1743-1745. 
It  is  interesting  to  note  that  in  the  list  there  is  a  cop}-  of 
"  Shakespear's  Works"  (London,  1762)  in  eight  volumes. 
The  proprietor  of  the  Circulating  Library  was  "John  Mein, 
Bookseller,  at  the  London  Book-store.  Second  Door  above  the 
British  Coffee-House,  North-side  of  King-Street,  Boston."    He 


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was  a  Scotchman  by  birth,  and  had  come  to  New  England  in 
the  autumn  of  1764.  Soon  afterward  he  became  associated 
in  business  with  another  Scotclunan,  John  Fleming,  a  printer 
by  trade,  whose  name  is  sometimes  written  Fleeming ;  and  in 
connection  with  their  other  affairs  Mein  published  "  The 
Boston  Chronicle,"  which  Fleming  printed, 

In  the  Fourth  Part  of  the  Brinley  catalogue  of  books  sold 
in  New  York,  on  November  15-18,  1886,  title  No.  8024  is 
a  bot)kseller's  catalogue  (pp.  24)  issued  during  the  last  cen- 
tury by  T.  Cox,  Boston,  who  discontinued  his  business  in 
1744.  Without  doubt  the  pamphlet  was  printed  some  years 
before  that  date. 


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